The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
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Page 129
... wild unaltered mien , While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head . Thy numbers , Jealousy , to nought were fixed , Sad proof of thy distressful state : Of differing themes the veering song was mixed ; And now it ...
... wild unaltered mien , While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head . Thy numbers , Jealousy , to nought were fixed , Sad proof of thy distressful state : Of differing themes the veering song was mixed ; And now it ...
Page 188
... wild , warbling measures rise , Or plaintive Martyr's , worthy of the name , Or noble Elgin beats the heaven - ward flame , The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays ; Compared with these , Italian trills are tame , The tickled ears no ...
... wild , warbling measures rise , Or plaintive Martyr's , worthy of the name , Or noble Elgin beats the heaven - ward flame , The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays ; Compared with these , Italian trills are tame , The tickled ears no ...
Page 317
... wild flowers singing , As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing , with eager hands and eyes , The beautiful blue damsel - flies , That fluttered round the jasmine stems , Like winged flowers or flying gems : - And , near the boy , who ...
... wild flowers singing , As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing , with eager hands and eyes , The beautiful blue damsel - flies , That fluttered round the jasmine stems , Like winged flowers or flying gems : - And , near the boy , who ...
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