The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at school , he produced a comedy call- ed " Love's ...
... poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at school , he produced a comedy call- ed " Love's ...
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... poetical account ; but Donne has extended them into worlds . If the lines are not easily understood , they may be read again . On a round ball , A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly ...
... poetical account ; but Donne has extended them into worlds . If the lines are not easily understood , they may be read again . On a round ball , A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly ...
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... poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass : My name , engrav'd herein , Doth contribute my firmness to this glass ; Which , ever since that charm , hath been As hard as that which grav'd it was . DONNE . Their conceits were ...
... poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass : My name , engrav'd herein , Doth contribute my firmness to this glass ; Which , ever since that charm , hath been As hard as that which grav'd it was . DONNE . Their conceits were ...
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... poetical propagation of light : The prince's favour is diffus'd o'er all , COWLEY . From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall : Then from those wombs of stars , the bride's bright eyes , At every glance a constellation flies ...
... poetical propagation of light : The prince's favour is diffus'd o'er all , COWLEY . From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall : Then from those wombs of stars , the bride's bright eyes , At every glance a constellation flies ...
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... poetical account of the virtues of plants , and colours of flowers , is not perused with more sluggish frigidity . The compositions are such as might have been written for pe- nance by a hermit , or for hire by a philosophical rhymer ...
... poetical account of the virtues of plants , and colours of flowers , is not perused with more sluggish frigidity . The compositions are such as might have been written for pe- nance by a hermit , or for hire by a philosophical rhymer ...
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