Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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Song ............. .......................... 215 Song - Mediocrity in Love rejected ...................... 216 William HABINGTON .............................................. ib . Page JOHN MILTON ....... 229 Song on May Morning .
Song ............. .......................... 215 Song - Mediocrity in Love rejected ...................... 216 William HABINGTON .............................................. ib . Page JOHN MILTON ....... 229 Song on May Morning .
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229 Song on May Morning ......... 230 Extracts from Comus .............................................. ib . Extract from Lycidas ..................................... 237 WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT ........................................ 239 ...
229 Song on May Morning ......... 230 Extracts from Comus .............................................. ib . Extract from Lycidas ..................................... 237 WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT ........................................ 239 ...
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Page JONATHAN SWIFT 270 Verses on his own Death ................................... 274 The City Shower ........................................ 280 Baucis and Philemon ............................................. 282 Morning .
Page JONATHAN SWIFT 270 Verses on his own Death ................................... 274 The City Shower ........................................ 280 Baucis and Philemon ............................................. 282 Morning .
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530 Morning ( opening of the Story of Rimini ) ........... ib . JAMES Hogg ............................................................... 531 From Mador of the Moor ib . .......... 526 551 Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's Exhibition.
530 Morning ( opening of the Story of Rimini ) ........... ib . JAMES Hogg ............................................................... 531 From Mador of the Moor ib . .......... 526 551 Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's Exhibition.
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His genius rose at once on his native land , like the morning - star after a long night of obscurity ; and on his death the splendour of this illus . trious dawn suffered an eclipse of nearly two centuries , when the Reformation ushered ...
His genius rose at once on his native land , like the morning - star after a long night of obscurity ; and on his death the splendour of this illus . trious dawn suffered an eclipse of nearly two centuries , when the Reformation ushered ...
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| Title | Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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