The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two CantosLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 286 pages |
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... Bard to shelter who thine honour sings ! Thy sources , num'rous as thy varied laws , From which each Poet inspiration draws ; Who Thee have honour'd in the golden line , And who disgrac'd the influence divine , Thoughtful , we trace ...
... Bard to shelter who thine honour sings ! Thy sources , num'rous as thy varied laws , From which each Poet inspiration draws ; Who Thee have honour'd in the golden line , And who disgrac'd the influence divine , Thoughtful , we trace ...
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... Bard , enthrall'd by phantasies Of pure sublimity , roams from his cell , And , wrapt in contemplation , loves to tell How , in the audience of his soul , he hears The nightly concert of the choral spheres ? Shall we , in search of true ...
... Bard , enthrall'd by phantasies Of pure sublimity , roams from his cell , And , wrapt in contemplation , loves to tell How , in the audience of his soul , he hears The nightly concert of the choral spheres ? Shall we , in search of true ...
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... sullen bondage smile . Mid tombs and stars the florid HERVEY glows , Writes as a Poet , tho ' he writes in prose . * Johnson's Lives of the Poets . - Art . Young . Nay , scarce can we to pensive Bard allude , 8 THE BARDIAD .
... sullen bondage smile . Mid tombs and stars the florid HERVEY glows , Writes as a Poet , tho ' he writes in prose . * Johnson's Lives of the Poets . - Art . Young . Nay , scarce can we to pensive Bard allude , 8 THE BARDIAD .
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... Bard allude , Who ne'er composed his " Ode on Solitude ; " But one , enwrapt in dark ethereal shrouds , Disports with spirits on careering clouds , And with phantasmas frightful loves to dwell : - His name is OSSIAN ; more , we cannot ...
... Bard allude , Who ne'er composed his " Ode on Solitude ; " But one , enwrapt in dark ethereal shrouds , Disports with spirits on careering clouds , And with phantasmas frightful loves to dwell : - His name is OSSIAN ; more , we cannot ...
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... Bard we meet , in sable , dight : But who so honour'd as thy dear KIRK WHITE ? Sad child of disappointment ! o'er thy page Have wept alike warm youth and trembling age ; Genius and Piety enwreath thy brow ; 66 ยท Clifton's dark grove ...
... Bard we meet , in sable , dight : But who so honour'd as thy dear KIRK WHITE ? Sad child of disappointment ! o'er thy page Have wept alike warm youth and trembling age ; Genius and Piety enwreath thy brow ; 66 ยท Clifton's dark grove ...
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