The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 90
... Numbers UT most by Numbers judge a Poet's song , BUT And smooth or rough , with them , is right or wrong ; In the bright Muse tho ' thousand charms conspire , Her Voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to ...
... Numbers UT most by Numbers judge a Poet's song , BUT And smooth or rough , with them , is right or wrong ; In the bright Muse tho ' thousand charms conspire , Her Voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to ...
Page 133
... numbers , for the numbers came . I left no calling for this idle trade , No duty broke , no father disobey'd . The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend , not Wife , To help me thro ' this long disease , my Life , To second , ARBUTH ...
... numbers , for the numbers came . I left no calling for this idle trade , No duty broke , no father disobey'd . The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend , not Wife , To help me thro ' this long disease , my Life , To second , ARBUTH ...
Page 296
... numbers I'll ne'er be confin'd . Count the bees that on Hybla are playing , Count the flow'rs that enamel its fields , Count the flocks that on Tempe are straying , Or the grain that rich Sicily yields ; Go number the stars in the ...
... numbers I'll ne'er be confin'd . Count the bees that on Hybla are playing , Count the flow'rs that enamel its fields , Count the flocks that on Tempe are straying , Or the grain that rich Sicily yields ; Go number the stars in the ...
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auld lang syne beauty beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath busk charms chearful Cumnor dear Death delight divine dydd e'er Ev'n ev'ry eyes fair Fame Fancy Fate fear flowers frae Glory grace grave green Grongar Hill grove hand happy hear heart Heart of Oak Heav'n hill hour King live Lord lov'd lyre maid maun mind morning mourn Muse Nature's ne'er never night numbers Nymph o'er Olney Hymns pain Passion peace Pity plain pleas'd pleasure Poems poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene Scots Musical Museum shade shine sigh sing smile soft Song Sonnet sorrow soul Spring strain stream swain sweet tears tell thee thine thou thought thro toil Twas vale verse Virtue voice wave wawking weep wild wind wings wyfe wyllowe Yarrow ynne youth