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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SEEING ON THE SAME BOOKSHELF JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE POETS ..., by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography
First Line: See british bards and british cut-throats made
Last Line: Dryden on wings or turpin on a hack!
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Authors & Authorship; Books; Reading
First Line: See british bards and british cut-throats made
Last Line: Dryden on wings or turpin on a hack!
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Authors & Authorship; Books; Reading
SEE British bards and British cut-throats made
Alike immortal by a Johnson's aid!
The neck with hemp, the brow with laurel bound,
The pen, the pistol, equally renown'd
Fame's temple reaching by a different track,
Dryden on wings or Turpin on a hack!
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THE ILLUSTRATION?ÇÖA FOOTNOTE by DENISE LEVERTOV
FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL
POETRY MACHINES by CATE MARVIN
LENDING LIBRARY by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY
PAST AND PRESENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON