Read full poem →Though Artemisia talks, by fits,
Of councils, classics, fathers, wits;
Reads Malebranche, Boyle, and Locke:
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. classicsclassics chineseclassics latinclassics penguinclassics englishclassics confucianclassics ancient
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Poetry examples for “classics”
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Read full poem →master in his frequent close and almost servile imitations of the ancient
classics, that he seems to have had a much greater confidence in the jTer*
tility and richness of his own imagination than even Fletcher himself: the
Read full poem →'The Prince's Progress and other Poems' was first published in 1866.
In 'The World's Classics' the contents of these two books, together
with other poems, were first published in one volume in 1913.
Read full poem →My ears are called capacious but they failed me,
‘Her classics registered a little flat !
Read full poem →llis was able to read the Bible fluently. They saw to it that she also
ame well acquainted with the classics, In time, she was writing verses.
r poem on the Death of Rev, George “Whitfield was dedicated to the Countess
Read full poem →the coupelling motive which urged rs. Paxton, our founder, to call together
a grovy of women who not only wanted to read and study the classics, but
wantec. to Learn nore about their own heritages
Read full poem →Over 4,000 pages of the best verse in English, ranging all the way
from the classics to some of the best newspaper verse of to-day. In
several different editions.
Read full poem →A Faun a-peeping through the green,
And felt the Classics were not dead,
To glimpse a Naiad's reedy head,
Read full poem →It has been observed by Felton, in his Essay on the Classics, that Cowley
was beloved by every Muse that he courted; and that he has rivalled the