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ode to evening
If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song,
May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear,
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May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear,
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ode to simplicity
O thou, by Nature taught
To breathe her genuine thought
In numbers warmly pure, and s...[read poem]
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To breathe her genuine thought
In numbers warmly pure, and s...
the passions
When Music, heav'nly maid, was young,
While yet in early Greece she sung,
The Passions oft...[read poem]
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While yet in early Greece she sung,
The Passions oft...
ode to liberty
Who shall awake the Spartan fife,
And call in solemn sounds to life
The youths, whose lock...[read poem]
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And call in solemn sounds to life
The youths, whose lock...
ode, written in the beginning of the year 1746
How sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest!
When Spring, wit...[read poem]
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By all their country's wishes blest!
When Spring, wit...
an ode on the popular superstitions of the highlands of scotland, considered as the subject of poetry
Home, thou return'st from Thames, whose naiads long
Have seen thee ling'ring with a fond d...[read poem]
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Have seen thee ling'ring with a fond d...
a song from shakespeare's cymbeline
To fair Fidele's grassy tomb
Soft maids and village hinds shall bring
Each op'ning sw...[read poem]
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Soft maids and village hinds shall bring
Each op'ning sw...
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