Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, Vol. 1 Of 2: With Remarks (Classic Reprint)

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Fb&c Limited, Feb 3, 2018 - Poetry - 208 pages
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His tranflation of Homer, timed as it was, operated like an undation 1n the Englifh Republic of Letters, and has left to ble marks on more than the furface of our poetry. Crating with the popular dream of his othe1 works, it rmed a fort of modern Helicon, on whofe banks infant are alluied to wander and to dream from whofe they are content to drink infpiration, without fearch remoter fources. Whether its waters are equally pure.

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