The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... once betrayed me into common sense : Else all my prose and verse were much the same ; This prose on stilts , that poetry fall'n lame . Did on the stage my fops appear confined ? My life gave ampler lessons to mankind . Did the dead ...
... once betrayed me into common sense : Else all my prose and verse were much the same ; This prose on stilts , that poetry fall'n lame . Did on the stage my fops appear confined ? My life gave ampler lessons to mankind . Did the dead ...
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... Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs , That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion ; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky . The day is come when I again repose Here , under this ...
... Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs , That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion ; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky . The day is come when I again repose Here , under this ...
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... once again farewell , thou Minstrel harp ! Yet once again forgive my feeble sway , And little reck I of the censure sharp May idly cavil at an idle lay . Much have I owed thy strains on life's long way , Through secret woes the world ...
... once again farewell , thou Minstrel harp ! Yet once again forgive my feeble sway , And little reck I of the censure sharp May idly cavil at an idle lay . Much have I owed thy strains on life's long way , Through secret woes the world ...
Contents
CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of Dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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