The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two CantosLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 286 pages |
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... all her scenes a general int'rest flows ; For every Bard her peerless beauty glows . The sweet THEOCRITUS leads up the train ; VIRGIL , in eclogues , imitates his strain , And forms a model of the pastoral class , Which THE BARDIAD . 17.
... all her scenes a general int'rest flows ; For every Bard her peerless beauty glows . The sweet THEOCRITUS leads up the train ; VIRGIL , in eclogues , imitates his strain , And forms a model of the pastoral class , Which THE BARDIAD . 17.
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... th ' Atlantic wave , Alone might serve , had he no higher claim , To give a deathless splendour to his name . * Montgomery's " Wanderer in Switzerland " and " West Indies . " Truth , Beauty , Grandeur , weave a fairy chain 20 THE BARDIAD .
... th ' Atlantic wave , Alone might serve , had he no higher claim , To give a deathless splendour to his name . * Montgomery's " Wanderer in Switzerland " and " West Indies . " Truth , Beauty , Grandeur , weave a fairy chain 20 THE BARDIAD .
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A Poem ; in Two Cantos Charles Burton. Truth , Beauty , Grandeur , weave a fairy chain , That wreathes and dances round the Poet's brain . Nature will whisper in her Harper's ear The sounds that float through her melodious sphere , And ...
A Poem ; in Two Cantos Charles Burton. Truth , Beauty , Grandeur , weave a fairy chain , That wreathes and dances round the Poet's brain . Nature will whisper in her Harper's ear The sounds that float through her melodious sphere , And ...
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... beauty smiles at home . So thought enchanting BEATTIE , when he sung ( Oh why was such a harp so soon unstrung ? ) How Nature's self , by beauty , converse , dreams , Form'd a sweet minstrel midst her rocks and streams ; And every stage ...
... beauty smiles at home . So thought enchanting BEATTIE , when he sung ( Oh why was such a harp so soon unstrung ? ) How Nature's self , by beauty , converse , dreams , Form'd a sweet minstrel midst her rocks and streams ; And every stage ...
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... beauty to his lines . The " Day of Rest " hath GRAHAME well portray'd , For which a Harp hath WATTS divinely made : MONTGOM'RY adds his Muse of heavenly wing , And thousands more their humbler tribute bring . Be these , sweet Poesy ...
... beauty to his lines . The " Day of Rest " hath GRAHAME well portray'd , For which a Harp hath WATTS divinely made : MONTGOM'RY adds his Muse of heavenly wing , And thousands more their humbler tribute bring . Be these , sweet Poesy ...
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