PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xxi
... Memory ' : ' Oh thou ! with whom my heart was wont to share ' From reason's dawn each pleasure and each care ; ' With whom , alas ! I fondly hoped to know " The humble walks of happiness below ; ' I thy blessed nature now unites above ...
... Memory ' : ' Oh thou ! with whom my heart was wont to share ' From reason's dawn each pleasure and each care ; ' With whom , alas ! I fondly hoped to know " The humble walks of happiness below ; ' I thy blessed nature now unites above ...
Page xxv
... Memory . ' He had been busy upon this poem for six years ; but he thought it safest not to put his name to it , and he described it as by the author of the ' Ode to Superstition . ' was at once most favourably received and universally ...
... Memory . ' He had been busy upon this poem for six years ; but he thought it safest not to put his name to it , and he described it as by the author of the ' Ode to Superstition . ' was at once most favourably received and universally ...
Page xxvi
... Memory . ' The sale of this new poem was most rapid . A second , third , and fourth edition , in various - sized volumes were published before the end of the next year , 1793 . To the principal poem in the volume were added two shorter ...
... Memory . ' The sale of this new poem was most rapid . A second , third , and fourth edition , in various - sized volumes were published before the end of the next year , 1793 . To the principal poem in the volume were added two shorter ...
Page xxviii
... memory and sound judgment , a good critic , and a valuable friend to a young author . In later life he became a wealthy West India merchant , and a Member of Parliament . His society was much courted , and he often went by the name of ...
... memory and sound judgment , a good critic , and a valuable friend to a young author . In later life he became a wealthy West India merchant , and a Member of Parliament . His society was much courted , and he often went by the name of ...
Page xxix
... Memory , ' shows his mind at the age of twenty - nine . The Epistle to a Friend ' describes his views of life and his feelings on art , on literature , and on society , as one who valued cheap pleasures , who had lived out of town , and ...
... Memory , ' shows his mind at the age of twenty - nine . The Epistle to a Friend ' describes his views of life and his feelings on art , on literature , and on society , as one who valued cheap pleasures , who had lived out of town , and ...
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