Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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... fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and converse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy : but he was not . He wondered ( as thousands in a similar situa- tion still do ) ...
... fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and converse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy : but he was not . He wondered ( as thousands in a similar situa- tion still do ) ...
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... Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be ...
... Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be ...
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... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short , to make a period round , I ...
... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short , to make a period round , I ...
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... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste : But when the Second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve ...
... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste : But when the Second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve ...
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... thought , Harmony , strength , words exquisitely sought ; Fancy , that , from the bow that spans the sky , Brings colours , dipp'd in Heaven , that never die ; A soul exalted above earth , a mind Skill'd in 18 TABLE TALK .
... thought , Harmony , strength , words exquisitely sought ; Fancy , that , from the bow that spans the sky , Brings colours , dipp'd in Heaven , that never die ; A soul exalted above earth , a mind Skill'd in 18 TABLE TALK .
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