An Essay On English Poetry
An Essay On English Poetry
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Lo, there th' unthankful swallow takes her rest, And fills the tunnel with her circled nest. " His satires are neither cramped by personal hostility nor spun out to vague declamations on vice, but give us the form and * The satire which I think contains the most vigorous and musical couplets of this old poet is the first of Book iii. , beginning, " Time was, and that was term'd the time of gold, When world and time were young, that now are old. " I preferred, however, the insertion of others as... examples of his poetry, as they are more descriptive of English manners than the fanciful praises of the golden age which that satire contains. It is flowing and fanciful, but conveys only the insipid moral of men decaying by the progress of civilisa- tion a doctrine not unlike that which Gulliver found in the book of the old woman of Brohdiguag, whose author lamented the tiny size of the modern Brobdignagdians compared with that of their ancestors.
170 LIVES OF THE POETS.
pressure of the times exhibited in the faults of coeval literature, and in the foppery or sordid traits of prevailing manners.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Lo, there th' unthankful swallow takes her rest, And fills the tunnel with her circled nest. " His satires are neither cramped by personal hostility nor spun out to vague declamations on vice, but give us the form and * The satire which I think contains the most vigorous and musical couplets of this old poet is the first of Book iii. , beginning, " Time was, and that was term'd the time of gold, When world and time were young, that now are old. " I preferred, however, the insertion of others as... examples of his poetry, as they are more descriptive of English manners than the fanciful praises of the golden age which that satire contains. It is flowing and fanciful, but conveys only the insipid moral of men decaying by the progress of civilisa- tion a doctrine not unlike that which Gulliver found in the book of the old woman of Brohdiguag, whose author lamented the tiny size of the modern Brobdignagdians compared with that of their ancestors.
170 LIVES OF THE POETS.
pressure of the times exhibited in the faults of coeval literature, and in the foppery or sordid traits of prevailing manners.
What to read after An Essay On English Poetry?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Thomas Campbell to read onlineMoreLess
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