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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... wines were all nectar of different smack , To which Muskat was nothing , nor Virginis Lac , No , nor Lachryma Christi , though clearly divine , Nor Montepulciano , though King of all Wine.25 Then as for the fruits , you might garden for ...
... wines were all nectar of different smack , To which Muskat was nothing , nor Virginis Lac , No , nor Lachryma Christi , though clearly divine , Nor Montepulciano , though King of all Wine.25 Then as for the fruits , you might garden for ...
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... wine , The mem'ry of Shakspeare was toasted with nine ; When lo , as each poet was lifting his cup , A strain of invisible music struck up : " Twas a mixture of all the most exquisite sounds To be heard upon earthly or fanciful grounds ...
... wine , The mem'ry of Shakspeare was toasted with nine ; When lo , as each poet was lifting his cup , A strain of invisible music struck up : " Twas a mixture of all the most exquisite sounds To be heard upon earthly or fanciful grounds ...
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... wine in the glasses went rippling in rounds , As if follow'd and fann'd by the soft - winged sounds . Thus chatting and singing they sat till eleven , When Phoebus shook hands , and departed for heaven ; For poets , ' he said , who ...
... wine in the glasses went rippling in rounds , As if follow'd and fann'd by the soft - winged sounds . Thus chatting and singing they sat till eleven , When Phoebus shook hands , and departed for heaven ; For poets , ' he said , who ...
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... wine , are , it must be con- fessed , of very unequal merits . Mr. Montgomery is perhaps the most poetical of the three , Mr. Rogers the best informed , and Mr. Spencer the soonest pleased with himself . The first seems to write with ...
... wine , are , it must be con- fessed , of very unequal merits . Mr. Montgomery is perhaps the most poetical of the three , Mr. Rogers the best informed , and Mr. Spencer the soonest pleased with himself . The first seems to write with ...
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... wine " and his " kirtles of the crama- sie , ” — his rhymes pressed in to the service , and his verses dancing away now and then out of the mea- sure , may have been new to the town in general , but they are as ancient as recollection ...
... wine " and his " kirtles of the crama- sie , ” — his rhymes pressed in to the service , and his verses dancing away now and then out of the mea- sure , may have been new to the town in general , but they are as ancient as recollection ...
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