Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 2Gould and Lincoln, 1856 |
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... Muse , 74 Dirge in Cymbeline , 34 DR THOMAS PERCY , · Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson , 34 WILLIAM SHENSTONE , 35 O , Nanny , wilt Thou Gang wi ' Me , The Friar of Orders Gray , The Schoolmistress , 36 JAMES MACPHERSON , A Pastoral ...
... Muse , 74 Dirge in Cymbeline , 34 DR THOMAS PERCY , · Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson , 34 WILLIAM SHENSTONE , 35 O , Nanny , wilt Thou Gang wi ' Me , The Friar of Orders Gray , The Schoolmistress , 36 JAMES MACPHERSON , A Pastoral ...
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... muse , and to assert the dignity of genuine inspiration . Young in his best performances -his startling denunciations of death and judgment , his solemn appeals , his piety , and his epigram - was equally an original . Gray and Collins ...
... muse , and to assert the dignity of genuine inspiration . Young in his best performances -his startling denunciations of death and judgment , his solemn appeals , his piety , and his epigram - was equally an original . Gray and Collins ...
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... muse , Low whispering , lead into their leaf - strown walks , And give the season in its latest view . Meantime , light shadowing all , a sober calm Fleeces unbounded ether : whose least ware Stands tremulous , uncertain where to turn ...
... muse , Low whispering , lead into their leaf - strown walks , And give the season in its latest view . Meantime , light shadowing all , a sober calm Fleeces unbounded ether : whose least ware Stands tremulous , uncertain where to turn ...
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... muse . Even in the vale , where wisdom loves to dwell , With friendship , peace , and contemplation joined , How many , racked with honest passions , droop In deep retired distress . How many stand Around the deathbed of their dearest ...
... muse . Even in the vale , where wisdom loves to dwell , With friendship , peace , and contemplation joined , How many , racked with honest passions , droop In deep retired distress . How many stand Around the deathbed of their dearest ...
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... muse His praise . [ The Caravan of Mecca . ] Breathed hot From all the boundless furnace of the sky , And the wide glittering waste of burning sand , A suffocating wind the pilgrim smites With instant death . Patient of thirst and toil ...
... muse His praise . [ The Caravan of Mecca . ] Breathed hot From all the boundless furnace of the sky , And the wide glittering waste of burning sand , A suffocating wind the pilgrim smites With instant death . Patient of thirst and toil ...
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