The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two CantosLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, etc., etc., Originally published as an ode.-Pref., 1823 - 286 страница |
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... hears The nightly concert of the choral spheres ? Shall we , in search of true poetic worth , In cool of evening dark , go roving forth , When , from the spheroid verge of this terrene , The sapphire barge of heav'n's resplendent queen ...
... hears The nightly concert of the choral spheres ? Shall we , in search of true poetic worth , In cool of evening dark , go roving forth , When , from the spheroid verge of this terrene , The sapphire barge of heav'n's resplendent queen ...
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... matchless wisdom's side . ISAIAH sings : -the desert hears his voice , The barren wastes of wilderness rejoice , * Ps . xix . + Ps . c . Ps . lxxxiv . The harmless wolf with sportive lambkin plays , The adder THE BARDIAD , 39.
... matchless wisdom's side . ISAIAH sings : -the desert hears his voice , The barren wastes of wilderness rejoice , * Ps . xix . + Ps . c . Ps . lxxxiv . The harmless wolf with sportive lambkin plays , The adder THE BARDIAD , 39.
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... hear , That steals from Pity's eye the melting tear , Of two chaste hearts , by mutual passion join'd , To absence , sorrow , and despair consign'd , O ! then to swell the tides of social woe That heal th ' afflicted bosom they o'erflow ...
... hear , That steals from Pity's eye the melting tear , Of two chaste hearts , by mutual passion join'd , To absence , sorrow , and despair consign'd , O ! then to swell the tides of social woe That heal th ' afflicted bosom they o'erflow ...
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... hear repeated . " We select a few stanzas of peculiar beauty : O mortal man , who livest here by toil , Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever moil , Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And ...
... hear repeated . " We select a few stanzas of peculiar beauty : O mortal man , who livest here by toil , Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever moil , Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And ...
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... hears : The parents , partial , eye their hopeful years ; Anticipation forward points the view ; The mither , wi ' her needle an ' her shears , Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; The father mixes a ' wi ' admonition due ...
... hears : The parents , partial , eye their hopeful years ; Anticipation forward points the view ; The mither , wi ' her needle an ' her shears , Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; The father mixes a ' wi ' admonition due ...
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Amorites awful Bard beam beauty blast blessings Book of Job breast breath bright bursting Castle of Indolence CHARLOTTE SMITH charm Chaucer clouds critical dark death deep divine dread earth enchanting epic poetry Ettrick fairy fancy Fingal fire flower gales genius glow grief hand harmony harp hath heart heaven Hebrew Henriade Heshbon hill Hope king Knight's Tale language light lone Lord lyre melody mind Minstrel Moab moon mountain Muse nature never night numbers o'er Ossian pale Palemon passion Poem poetical Poetry Poets praise pride rapture reader rise rock round sacred scene seraphic Sihon sing smile soft song sorrow soul sound Spenser spirit stars storm strain sublime sweet taste tear tell thee thine thou shalt thought trembling unto verse voice wandering wave wild wind wings wretch
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