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... Eclogue , in imitation of Virgil's ' ODE for St. Cecilia's day , and other Pieces for Music . 87 An ESSAY ON CRITICISM , written 1709 . 101 The RAPE of the Lock , an Heroi - comical Poem , written 1712 . 135 ELOISA to ABELARD , an ...
... Eclogue , in imitation of Virgil's ' ODE for St. Cecilia's day , and other Pieces for Music . 87 An ESSAY ON CRITICISM , written 1709 . 101 The RAPE of the Lock , an Heroi - comical Poem , written 1712 . 135 ELOISA to ABELARD , an ...
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... eclogue natural , and the last delightful . If we would copy Nature , it may be useful to take this confideration along with us , that Paftoral is an image of what they call the golden age . So that we are not to describe our shepherds ...
... eclogue natural , and the last delightful . If we would copy Nature , it may be useful to take this confideration along with us , that Paftoral is an image of what they call the golden age . So that we are not to describe our shepherds ...
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... Eclogue should be so too . For we cannot fup- pose Poetry to have been the business of the ancient shepherds , but their recreation at vacant hours . But with a respect to the present age , nothing more conduces to make these composures ...
... Eclogue should be so too . For we cannot fup- pose Poetry to have been the business of the ancient shepherds , but their recreation at vacant hours . But with a respect to the present age , nothing more conduces to make these composures ...
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... great ftorm in 1702 , gave a propriety to this eclogue , which in its general turn alludes to it . The Scene of this Pastoral lies in a grove , the time at midnight . Now Now fleeping flocks on their soft fleeces lie , The.
... great ftorm in 1702 , gave a propriety to this eclogue , which in its general turn alludes to it . The Scene of this Pastoral lies in a grove , the time at midnight . Now Now fleeping flocks on their soft fleeces lie , The.
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... & c . ] These four last lines allude to the fe- veral Subjects of the four Pastorals , and to the several Scenes of them , particularized before in each . MESSIAH . MESSIAH . A Sacred Eclogue , In imitation of VIRGIL'S 52 PASTORALS .
... & c . ] These four last lines allude to the fe- veral Subjects of the four Pastorals , and to the several Scenes of them , particularized before in each . MESSIAH . MESSIAH . A Sacred Eclogue , In imitation of VIRGIL'S 52 PASTORALS .
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