The feast of the poets, with notes, and other pieces in verse, by the editor of The Examiner. The dedication signed: Leigh HuntLondon, 1815 |
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... Scott with a fine weighty face , For as soon as his visage was seen in the place , The diners and barmaids all crowded to know him , And thank him with smiles for that sweet pretty poem ! However , he scarcely had got through the door ...
... Scott with a fine weighty face , For as soon as his visage was seen in the place , The diners and barmaids all crowded to know him , And thank him with smiles for that sweet pretty poem ! However , he scarcely had got through the door ...
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... Scott , you have manag'd the town ; Now pray , copy less , -have a little temerity , - -Try if you can't also manage posterity . -All you add now only lessens your credit ; And how could you think too of taking to edite ? A great deal's ...
... Scott , you have manag'd the town ; Now pray , copy less , -have a little temerity , - -Try if you can't also manage posterity . -All you add now only lessens your credit ; And how could you think too of taking to edite ? A great deal's ...
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... there , And each of the bards had a wreath in his hair . Tom Campbell's with willow and poplar was twin'd , And Southey's with mountain - ash pluck'd in the wind , And Scott's with a heath from his old garden stores 16 THE FEAST OF.
... there , And each of the bards had a wreath in his hair . Tom Campbell's with willow and poplar was twin'd , And Southey's with mountain - ash pluck'd in the wind , And Scott's with a heath from his old garden stores 16 THE FEAST OF.
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Leigh Hunt. And Scott's with a heath from his old garden stores , And with vine - leaves and Jump - up - and - kiss - me , Tom Moore's.24 تسلف Then Apollo put his on , that sparkled with beams , And rich rose the feast as an epicure's ...
Leigh Hunt. And Scott's with a heath from his old garden stores , And with vine - leaves and Jump - up - and - kiss - me , Tom Moore's.24 تسلف Then Apollo put his on , that sparkled with beams , And rich rose the feast as an epicure's ...
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... Scott , he said , Pray be as portly And rich as you please , but a little less courtly . ' So , changing the subject , he call'd upon Moore , Who sung such a song , that they shouted Encore ! ' And the God was so pleas'd with his taste ...
... Scott , he said , Pray be as portly And rich as you please , but a little less courtly . ' So , changing the subject , he call'd upon Moore , Who sung such a song , that they shouted Encore ! ' And the God was so pleas'd with his taste ...
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