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... muse appears from Gower's con- tinuing to write French verses , till the example of his great contemporary taught him to polish his native tongue ' . The same intelligent writer , Mr. Tyrwhitt , while he 1 Mr. Todd , in his ...
... muse appears from Gower's con- tinuing to write French verses , till the example of his great contemporary taught him to polish his native tongue ' . The same intelligent writer , Mr. Tyrwhitt , while he 1 Mr. Todd , in his ...
Page 67
... first known pastoral , and one of the best , in a dialect rich with the favours of the pastoral muse ; Douglas , the translator of Virgil ; Dunbar , Mersar , and others , gave a poetical lustre to F 2 SCOTTISH POETRY . 67 OF SCOTLAND.
... first known pastoral , and one of the best , in a dialect rich with the favours of the pastoral muse ; Douglas , the translator of Virgil ; Dunbar , Mersar , and others , gave a poetical lustre to F 2 SCOTTISH POETRY . 67 OF SCOTLAND.
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... that secret are my mated muse began , What it might be molested most the head and mind of man ; The bending brow of prince's face , to wrath that 132 RICHARD EDWARDS . WILLIAM HUNNIS The Love that is requited with Disdain.
... that secret are my mated muse began , What it might be molested most the head and mind of man ; The bending brow of prince's face , to wrath that 132 RICHARD EDWARDS . WILLIAM HUNNIS The Love that is requited with Disdain.
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Thomas Campbell. bad to countenance the English hexameters of his friend ; but the Muse would not suffer such a votary to be lost in the pursuit after chimeras , and recalled him to her natural strains . From Cambridge Spenser went to ...
Thomas Campbell. bad to countenance the English hexameters of his friend ; but the Muse would not suffer such a votary to be lost in the pursuit after chimeras , and recalled him to her natural strains . From Cambridge Spenser went to ...
Page 170
... muse . Her trades and manufactures , the very blessings of her wealth and industry , threw the indolent shep herd's life to a distance from her cities and capital , where poets , with all their love of the country , are generally found ...
... muse . Her trades and manufactures , the very blessings of her wealth and industry , threw the indolent shep herd's life to a distance from her cities and capital , where poets , with all their love of the country , are generally found ...
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