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Page viii
... charm of personal intercourse . And even when this link is wanting , the rigid estimate of the critic can scarcely be given to works which , as it were , belong to ourselves and form a part of our lives . The contemporary poet may or ...
... charm of personal intercourse . And even when this link is wanting , the rigid estimate of the critic can scarcely be given to works which , as it were , belong to ourselves and form a part of our lives . The contemporary poet may or ...
Page ix
... charm of poetry , and a book which consists wholly of Sonnets cannot boast the attraction of volumes which embrace almost every class of poetry save the epic and the dramatic . And yet there are reasons , perhaps , why the Editor may ...
... charm of poetry , and a book which consists wholly of Sonnets cannot boast the attraction of volumes which embrace almost every class of poetry save the epic and the dramatic . And yet there are reasons , perhaps , why the Editor may ...
Page 57
... charms can make us sleep as well , And better than thy stroke . Why swell'st thou then ? One short sleep past , we wake eternally , And death shall be no more ; Death , thou shalt die . SIN . LORD , with what care hast Thou begirt ...
... charms can make us sleep as well , And better than thy stroke . Why swell'st thou then ? One short sleep past , we wake eternally , And death shall be no more ; Death , thou shalt die . SIN . LORD , with what care hast Thou begirt ...
Page 70
... charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these , And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas , Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms . Lift not thy spear against the Muses ' bower ; The great Emathian conqueror bid spare ...
... charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these , And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas , Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms . Lift not thy spear against the Muses ' bower ; The great Emathian conqueror bid spare ...
Page 139
... charms are swept away . The early primrose , peeping once so gay , Is now choked up with many a mounting weed , And the poor violet we once admired Creeps in the grass unsought for ; flowers succeed , Gaudy and new , and more to be ...
... charms are swept away . The early primrose , peeping once so gay , Is now choked up with many a mounting weed , And the poor violet we once admired Creeps in the grass unsought for ; flowers succeed , Gaudy and new , and more to be ...
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Author beauty behold bird breath bright charm Cornhill Crown 8vo dark DAVID GRAY dear death delight divine dost doth dream earth Edition EDMUND SPENSER ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English Sonnets eyes fair Faith fame fancy fear feel flowers friends grace happy HARTLEY COLERIDGE hast hath heart heaven heavenly HENRY CONSTABLE hope Illustrations JOHN KEATS JOHN MILTON JULIAN FANE Lady language light live London look Lord love thee Love's mind Mistress morn Muse never night o'er passion Paternoster Row Petrarch pleasure poems poet poetical poetry praise Price reader SAMUEL DANIEL Shakespeare shine sight sing sleep song sorrow soul SPEARE spirit story SURREY sweet tears thine things THOMAS WARTON thou art thought touches verse voice volume weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE WILLIAM DRUMMOND WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES WILLIAM SHAKE WILLIAM WORDS Wordsworth WORTH written