Third period - From Dryden to CowperJames Nichol, 1860 |
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... wrote poems and plays , and , despite some great blunders , was uni- versally admired and loved . When his comedy of ' Bellamira ' was acted , the roof fell in , and a few , including the author , were slightly injured . When a parasite ...
... wrote poems and plays , and , despite some great blunders , was uni- versally admired and loved . When his comedy of ' Bellamira ' was acted , the roof fell in , and a few , including the author , were slightly injured . When a parasite ...
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... wrote and , in 1699 , published a volume of poems , including some Pindaric essays , in the style of Cowley and ' The Choice . ' He might have risen higher in his profession , but Dr Compton , Bishop of London , was prejudiced against ...
... wrote and , in 1699 , published a volume of poems , including some Pindaric essays , in the style of Cowley and ' The Choice . ' He might have risen higher in his profession , but Dr Compton , Bishop of London , was prejudiced against ...
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... wrote his ' Blenheim , ' which was published in 1705. The year after , his ' Cider , ' a poem in two books , appeared , and was received with great applause . Encouraged by this , he projected a poem on the Last Day , which all who are ...
... wrote his ' Blenheim , ' which was published in 1705. The year after , his ' Cider , ' a poem in two books , appeared , and was received with great applause . Encouraged by this , he projected a poem on the Last Day , which all who are ...
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... wrote . Con- sumption and asthma removed him prematurely on the 15th of February 1708 , ere he had completed his thirty - third year . He was buried in Hereford Cathedral , and Sir Simon Harcourt , afterwards Lord Chancellor , erected a ...
... wrote . Con- sumption and asthma removed him prematurely on the 15th of February 1708 , ere he had completed his thirty - third year . He was buried in Hereford Cathedral , and Sir Simon Harcourt , afterwards Lord Chancellor , erected a ...
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... wrote his poem , which is mock - heroic , in six cantos , copied in form from the ' Lutrin , ' and which , though ingenious and elaborate , seems now tedious , and on the whole uninteresting . It appeared in 1696 , and the author died ...
... wrote his poem , which is mock - heroic , in six cantos , copied in form from the ' Lutrin , ' and which , though ingenious and elaborate , seems now tedious , and on the whole uninteresting . It appeared in 1696 , and the author died ...
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Allan Ramsay arms bard beauty became beneath birks bless blest bloom bonny bonny bride born Braes of Yarrow breast breath busk Busk ye Canynge charms cheerful CHRISTOPHER SMART Crieff Cuckoo Cumnor DAVID MALLETT dear death delight died divine Dr Johnson e'er elevated song eyes fair fame father fear flame flowers frae genius gentle grace green grove hear heart heaven hills Invermay Jenny king live Lochaber Lord maid Mallett married maun mild ale mind Monody mournful Muse nature's ne'er never night o'er peace Peggy poem poet poetical poetry poor Pope praise rose round shade sigh sing smile song Song to David soon sorrow soul Splendid Shilling spring sweet Swift tears tell thee thine thou thought Tis green Twas verse virtue voice waves weep wife wind wing wrote youth
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Страница 145 - WEEP ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: But weep sore for him that goeth away : For he shall return no more, Nor see his native country.
Страница 305 - E'en from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love, — Tell them...
Страница 129 - My master carries me to church, And often am I blamed Because I leave him in the lurch As soon as text is named ; I leave the church in sermon-time And slink away to Sally ; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
Страница 305 - Take, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear: Take that best gift which Heaven so lately gave : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form : she bow'd to taste the wave, And died.
Страница 97 - Soft and easy is thy cradle: Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay, When His birthplace was a stable And His softest bed was hay.
Страница 74 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall, (I wish I knew what king to call.; Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Страница 169 - Strong is the lion — like a coal His eyeball — like a bastion's mole His chest against the foes: Strong the gier-eagle on his sail, Strong against tide the enormous whale Emerges as he goes.
Страница 73 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day. St John himself will scarce forbear To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug, and cry, ' I 'm sorry — but we all must die!