Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1820 - 807 pages "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... thought himself im- Deep malice thence conceiving and disdain , Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence , he resolv'd With all his legions to dislodge , and leave Unworshipt , unobey'd , the throne ...
... thought himself im- Deep malice thence conceiving and disdain , Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence , he resolv'd With all his legions to dislodge , and leave Unworshipt , unobey'd , the throne ...
Page 64
... thought To have reported : gladly then he mix'd Among those friendly powers , who him receiv'd With joy and acclamations loud , that one That of so many myriads fall'n yet one , Return'd not lost . On to the sacred hill They led him ...
... thought To have reported : gladly then he mix'd Among those friendly powers , who him receiv'd With joy and acclamations loud , that one That of so many myriads fall'n yet one , Return'd not lost . On to the sacred hill They led him ...
Page 65
... thought that liberty and Heaven To heavenly souls had been all one ; but now I see that most through sloth had rather serve , Ministring spirits , train'd up in feast and song ! | Such hast thou arm'd , the minstrelsy of Heaven ...
... thought that liberty and Heaven To heavenly souls had been all one ; but now I see that most through sloth had rather serve , Ministring spirits , train'd up in feast and song ! | Such hast thou arm'd , the minstrelsy of Heaven ...
Page 71
... thought Of things so high and strange ; things , to their So unimaginable , as hate in Heaven , And war so near the peace of God in bliss , With such confusion : but the evil , soon Driven back , redounded as a flood on those From whom ...
... thought Of things so high and strange ; things , to their So unimaginable , as hate in Heaven , And war so near the peace of God in bliss , With such confusion : but the evil , soon Driven back , redounded as a flood on those From whom ...
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... thought can measure thee , or Relate thee ? Greater now in thy return Than from the giant angels : thee that day Thy thunders magnified ; but to create Is greater than created to destroy . Who can impair thee , Mighty King , or bound ...
... thought can measure thee , or Relate thee ? Greater now in thy return Than from the giant angels : thee that day Thy thunders magnified ; but to create Is greater than created to destroy . Who can impair thee , Mighty King , or bound ...
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