Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 páginas |
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... virtue . Indeed , Gay's ironic perspective on his society is sometimes so sharp that he appears tempted , like Cowper after him ( " God made the country , and man made the town " ) , to locate virtue entirely in the countryside , far ...
... virtue . Indeed , Gay's ironic perspective on his society is sometimes so sharp that he appears tempted , like Cowper after him ( " God made the country , and man made the town " ) , to locate virtue entirely in the countryside , far ...
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... virtue ; skilful to unite 400 405 With evil good , and strew with pleasure pain . But , for those fiends whom blood and broils delight , Who hurl the wretch as if to hell outright 410 Down , down black gulfs where sullen waters sleep ...
... virtue ; skilful to unite 400 405 With evil good , and strew with pleasure pain . But , for those fiends whom blood and broils delight , Who hurl the wretch as if to hell outright 410 Down , down black gulfs where sullen waters sleep ...
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... virtue . — The South Sea islanders compassionated , but chiefly Omai . - His present state of mind supposed . - Civilized life friendly to virtue , but not great cities.— Great cities , and London in particular , allowed their due ...
... virtue . — The South Sea islanders compassionated , but chiefly Omai . - His present state of mind supposed . - Civilized life friendly to virtue , but not great cities.— Great cities , and London in particular , allowed their due ...
Contenido
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 41 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
ADORATION auld auld lang syne bard beauty beneath bless breast breath charms Christopher Smart clouds Cowper death delight Dunciad e'er earth eighteenth-century ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame flowers frae golden reign grace hand hear heart heav'n honor hour human J. V. Cunningham John John Gay Jonathan Swift king lasses light Lord lyre maid Matthew Prior mind morn Muse nature Nature's ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace periphrasis Philip Larkin plain play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry pow'r praise pride rise round scene scorn sense shade shine sighs sing skelpin sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit Spring strain stream swain sweet Swift thee thou thought toil trembling Twas vale verse virtue voice walk wild William Cowper wind wing woods youth