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The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics (1809)

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 · London : Published by R. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Co. and Walker & Co. ... and Simpkin & Marshall ... · leaf 355

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by degrees growdim ; the sounds of festivity gradu-ally die upon the poets ear, Till wholly rapt from sense and sight,Alls hushd as death, alls dark as night In the following description (inthe tournament, page 39,) the pro-gressive diminution of the figures isadmirably painted : The gay romantic… … 85 5 | BRITISH SPOKli. And still, ialilliputian show,The tiny figures seein to glow ;Till quick converging they appearA speck amid the atmosphere! Of the beauty, the piety, and theelevation of the sentiments whichclose the poem, it isdifficuUtospeakin terms of adequate commendation. When age, oread…

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