Poems, Volum 1 |
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Side 29
Genius is thine , and thou art fancy ' s nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling
powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the
rapture it inspires : Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will
sing , if ...
Genius is thine , and thou art fancy ' s nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling
powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the
rapture it inspires : Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will
sing , if ...
Side 32
Alas ! the tide of pleasure sweeps along All , that should be the boast of British
song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorned thy brow , The prize of happier
times , will serve thee now , Our ancestry ; a gallant christian race , Patterns of
every ...
Alas ! the tide of pleasure sweeps along All , that should be the boast of British
song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorned thy brow , The prize of happier
times , will serve thee now , Our ancestry ; a gallant christian race , Patterns of
every ...
Side 36
... Obduracy takes place ; callous and tough , The reprobated race grows
judgment proof : Earth shakes beneath them , and heaven roars above ; But
nothing scares them from the course they love : To the lascivious pipe and
wanton song , ...
... Obduracy takes place ; callous and tough , The reprobated race grows
judgment proof : Earth shakes beneath them , and heaven roars above ; But
nothing scares them from the course they love : To the lascivious pipe and
wanton song , ...
Side 38
But no prophetic fires to me belong ; I play with syllables , and sport in song . A .
At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where
discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes 38 TABLE TALK .
But no prophetic fires to me belong ; I play with syllables , and sport in song . A .
At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where
discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes 38 TABLE TALK .
Side 40
From him , who rears a poem lank and long , To him , who strains his all into a
song ; Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was
never there ; Or , having whelped a prologue with great pains , Feels himself
spent ...
From him , who rears a poem lank and long , To him , who strains his all into a
song ; Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was
never there ; Or , having whelped a prologue with great pains , Feels himself
spent ...
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