The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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John Wain. Some have at first for wits , than poets pass'd , Turn'd critics next , and proved plain fools at last . Some neither can for wits nor critics pass , As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass . Those half - learn'd witlings ...
John Wain. Some have at first for wits , than poets pass'd , Turn'd critics next , and proved plain fools at last . Some neither can for wits nor critics pass , As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass . Those half - learn'd witlings ...
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... pass , and vagrant through the land ; Not sail with Ward , to ape - and - monkey climes , Where vile Mundungus trucks for viler rhymes : Not sulphur - tipt , emblaze an ale - house fire ; Not wrap up oranges , to pelt your sire ! O ! pass ...
... pass , and vagrant through the land ; Not sail with Ward , to ape - and - monkey climes , Where vile Mundungus trucks for viler rhymes : Not sulphur - tipt , emblaze an ale - house fire ; Not wrap up oranges , to pelt your sire ! O ! pass ...
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... pass , & c . Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow ; Now to her that's as brown as a berry : Here's to the wife with a face full of woe , And now to the girl that is merry . Chorus . Let the toast pass , & c . For let ' em be clumsy ...
... pass , & c . Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow ; Now to her that's as brown as a berry : Here's to the wife with a face full of woe , And now to the girl that is merry . Chorus . Let the toast pass , & c . For let ' em be clumsy ...
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of Dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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