Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... labour of the poet : but in quatrains he is to carry it farther on , and not only so , but to bear along in his head the troublesome sense of four lines together . For those who write correctly in this kind must needs acknowledge , that ...
... labour of the poet : but in quatrains he is to carry it farther on , and not only so , but to bear along in his head the troublesome sense of four lines together . For those who write correctly in this kind must needs acknowledge , that ...
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... labour in the writer . On the other side , Virgil speaks not so often to us in the person of another , like Ovid , but in his own : he relates amongst all things as from himself , and thereby gains more liberty than the other to express ...
... labour in the writer . On the other side , Virgil speaks not so often to us in the person of another , like Ovid , but in his own : he relates amongst all things as from himself , and thereby gains more liberty than the other to express ...
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... labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror , and dare sleep no more . The morn they look on with unwilling eyes , Till from their maintop joyful news they hear Of ships , which by ...
... labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror , and dare sleep no more . The morn they look on with unwilling eyes , Till from their maintop joyful news they hear Of ships , which by ...
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... labour bless . Heaven ended not the first or second day , Yet each was perfect to the work design'd ; God and kings ' work , when they their works survey , A passive aptness in all subjects find . In burden'd vessels , first , with ...
... labour bless . Heaven ended not the first or second day , Yet each was perfect to the work design'd ; God and kings ' work , when they their works survey , A passive aptness in all subjects find . In burden'd vessels , first , with ...
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... labour spent ; And when the weary king gave place to night , His beams he to his royal brother lent , And so shone still in his reflective light . Night came , but without darkness or repose , A dismal picture of the general doom ...
... labour spent ; And when the weary king gave place to night , His beams he to his royal brother lent , And so shone still in his reflective light . Night came , but without darkness or repose , A dismal picture of the general doom ...
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Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear beauty behold beneath bless'd blood breast breath call'd charms Chaucer coursers cries crowd crown'd dare death delight design'd Dido divine E'en earth eyes fair fame fatal fate father fear fight fire fix'd flame foes force fortune gods grace grief ground hand happy haste head heart heaven honour hope Jebusites Jove Juturna king labour land Latian Latium light live lord maid Messapus Mezentius mighty mind Mnestheus MOPSUS mournful Muse never night numbers nymphs o'er once Ovid pain Pallas peace plain poem poet praise prince queen race rage reign rest rising Rutulian sacred shade shining shore sight Simoïs skies smile soft song SONNET soul sound stood sweet sword tears tempest tender thee Theseus thine thou thought toil trembling Trojan Turnus Twas Tyrian verse Virgil virtue winds wood youth