Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 2Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
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... specimens of blank verse of so powerful and simple a character as that of The Grave . ' It is a popular poem , not merely because it is reli- gious , but because its language and imagery • 3596 21481 | 1 THE SIXTH ...
... specimens of blank verse of so powerful and simple a character as that of The Grave . ' It is a popular poem , not merely because it is reli- gious , but because its language and imagery • 3596 21481 | 1 THE SIXTH ...
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... Grave ' very frequently in his letters . " . - Campbell's " Specimens . " See Gilfillan's Ed . of Blair's " Grave " ; Allibone's " Crit . Dict . Eng . Lit. " - ISAAC WATTS . " This admirable person was born at South- ampton on the 17th ...
... Grave ' very frequently in his letters . " . - Campbell's " Specimens . " See Gilfillan's Ed . of Blair's " Grave " ; Allibone's " Crit . Dict . Eng . Lit. " - ISAAC WATTS . " This admirable person was born at South- ampton on the 17th ...
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... GRAVE . Whilst some affect the sun , and some the shade , Some flee the city , some the hermitage ; Their aims as various , as the roads they take In journeying through life ; -the task be mine To paint the gloomy horrors of the tomb ...
... GRAVE . Whilst some affect the sun , and some the shade , Some flee the city , some the hermitage ; Their aims as various , as the roads they take In journeying through life ; -the task be mine To paint the gloomy horrors of the tomb ...
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... grave ; and ( strange to tell ! ) Evanishes at crowing of the cock . Robert Blair . - Born 1699 , Died 1746 . Assumed a dye more deep ; whilst every flower Vied with its fellow plant in luxury Of dress- day -Oh ! then , the longest ...
... grave ; and ( strange to tell ! ) Evanishes at crowing of the cock . Robert Blair . - Born 1699 , Died 1746 . Assumed a dye more deep ; whilst every flower Vied with its fellow plant in luxury Of dress- day -Oh ! then , the longest ...
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... grave , Like a disabled pitcher of no use . Robert Blair . - Born 1699 , Died 1746 . 847. - THE GRAVE . Death's shafts fly thick ! -Here falls the village - swain , And there his pamper'd lord ! -The cup goes round ; And who so artful ...
... grave , Like a disabled pitcher of no use . Robert Blair . - Born 1699 , Died 1746 . 847. - THE GRAVE . Death's shafts fly thick ! -Here falls the village - swain , And there his pamper'd lord ! -The cup goes round ; And who so artful ...
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