Eighteenth Century Poetry & ProseLouis Ignatius Bredvold Ronald Press Company, 1956 - 1274 pagini The purpose os this volume is to provide representative selections from English prose and poetry of the eighteenth century for undergraduate courses in that period. In this second edition of the anthology the editors have expanded the contents considerably. Additions have been made from Addison, Pope, Swift, Young, Smart, Burke, and Reynolds, with Blake's comments. The extensive notes and introductions should assist the beginning student to understand the texts, but it is hoped that they will also lead him to explore further in the works listed in the bibliographies. |
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... breast ne'er learned to glow For others ' good , or melt at others ' woe . " What can atone ( O ever - injured shade ! ) Thy fate unpitied , and thy rites unpaid ? No friend's complaint , no kind domestic tear Pleased thy pale ghost ...
... breast ne'er learned to glow For others ' good , or melt at others ' woe . " What can atone ( O ever - injured shade ! ) Thy fate unpitied , and thy rites unpaid ? No friend's complaint , no kind domestic tear Pleased thy pale ghost ...
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... breast , But meteors glare , and stormy glooms invest . Yet still , even here , content can spread a charm , Redress the clime , and all its rage disarm . Though poor the peasant's hut , his feasts though small , He sees his little lot ...
... breast , But meteors glare , and stormy glooms invest . Yet still , even here , content can spread a charm , Redress the clime , and all its rage disarm . Though poor the peasant's hut , his feasts though small , He sees his little lot ...
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... breast May sit , like falcons cowering on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , such as play Through life's more cultured walks , and charm the way , These , far dispersed , on timorous pinions fly , To sport and flutter in a kinder ...
... breast May sit , like falcons cowering on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , such as play Through life's more cultured walks , and charm the way , These , far dispersed , on timorous pinions fly , To sport and flutter in a kinder ...
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