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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Genre:
"Poetry"
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Literary Period:
"Augustan"
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"Early Modern"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Religion of Author:
"Anglican"
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Work title:
"Alfred. An Epick Poem. In Twelve Books"
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Metaphor Category:
"Motion"
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Date: 1723
"Can'st say what diff'rent Turns the Spirits take, / When they of diff'rent Kinds Impressions make; / What vital Springs those Spirits in their Flight / Strike to cause Torment, what to give Delight."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1723
"Say, can your Mind to Heav'n direct her Flight / In ardent Anhelations?"
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)