The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith |
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... Morning Chronicle , some time in the year 1799 , there was an advertisement of a portrait of Collins for sale . It was stated to be the only one in existence , and to have belonged to his sister . The only engraved portrait of him is ...
... Morning Chronicle , some time in the year 1799 , there was an advertisement of a portrait of Collins for sale . It was stated to be the only one in existence , and to have belonged to his sister . The only engraved portrait of him is ...
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... morning . " YE Persian maids , attend your poet's lays , And hear how shepherds pass their golden days . Not all are blest whom Fortune's hand sustains With wealth in courts , nor all that haunt the plains : Well may your hearts believe ...
... morning . " YE Persian maids , attend your poet's lays , And hear how shepherds pass their golden days . Not all are blest whom Fortune's hand sustains With wealth in courts , nor all that haunt the plains : Well may your hearts believe ...
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... morning dew , Blew an inspiring air , that dale and thicket rung , The hunter's call , to Faun and Dryad known ! The oak - crowned Sisters , and their chaste - eyed Queen , Satyrs and Sylvan Boys , were seen , Peeping from forth their ...
... morning dew , Blew an inspiring air , that dale and thicket rung , The hunter's call , to Faun and Dryad known ! The oak - crowned Sisters , and their chaste - eyed Queen , Satyrs and Sylvan Boys , were seen , Peeping from forth their ...
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... beauteous union must appear at length , Of Tuscan fancy , and Athenian strength : One greater Muse Eliza's reign adorn , And even a Shakspeare to her fame be born ! Yet , ah ! so bright her morning's opening ray 84 COLLINS ' POEMS .
... beauteous union must appear at length , Of Tuscan fancy , and Athenian strength : One greater Muse Eliza's reign adorn , And even a Shakspeare to her fame be born ! Yet , ah ! so bright her morning's opening ray 84 COLLINS ' POEMS .
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William Collins. Yet , ah ! so bright her morning's opening ray , In vain our Britain hoped an equal day ! No second growth the western isle could bear , At once exhausted with too rich a year . Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part ...
William Collins. Yet , ah ! so bright her morning's opening ray , In vain our Britain hoped an equal day ! No second growth the western isle could bear , At once exhausted with too rich a year . Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part ...
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