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... less honour to Cowper . Will not every one feel at once that the simpler sort of natural beauty has rarely been more ... less in degree and of less fine quality ; he expresses for us what we cannot express for ourselves : that is his ...
... less honour to Cowper . Will not every one feel at once that the simpler sort of natural beauty has rarely been more ... less in degree and of less fine quality ; he expresses for us what we cannot express for ourselves : that is his ...
Page 102
... less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor or a star ; in these , the sun . The nightingale may claim the ... less innocent , as less refined , Then genius danced a bacchanal , he crowned The brimming goblet , seized the thyrsus ...
... less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor or a star ; in these , the sun . The nightingale may claim the ... less innocent , as less refined , Then genius danced a bacchanal , he crowned The brimming goblet , seized the thyrsus ...
Page 570
... less true the Parthian horseman sped , " Behind him killed , and conquered as he fled : " Less true the expert Cydonian , and less true " The youth whose shaft his latent Procris slew . " Vanquished by me see huge Orion bend , " By me ...
... less true the Parthian horseman sped , " Behind him killed , and conquered as he fled : " Less true the expert Cydonian , and less true " The youth whose shaft his latent Procris slew . " Vanquished by me see huge Orion bend , " By me ...
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