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Gilbert Burnet – A Third Collection of Several Tracts and Discourses; Edmund Calamy – A Defence of Moderate Non-Conformity; Jeremy Collier – Mr Collier's Dissuasive from the Play-House; William Dampier – A Voyage to New Holland, &c. in the Year 1699; Daniel Defoe. A Brief Explanation of a Late Pamphlet, entitled, The Shortest Way with ...
Poems on Several Occasions may refer to: Poems on Several Occasions (Lady Mary Chudleigh) by Lady Mary Chudleigh, 1703; Poems on Several Occasions (Matthew Prior) by Matthew Prior, 1707, 1709, 1718, 1721; Poems on Several Occasions (Henry Carey) by Henry Carey, 1713; Poems on Several Occasions (John Gay) by John Gay, 1720
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Examples of dynamic descriptions include the "battle" of the Island of Mozambique, the battles of Ourique and Aljubarrota, and the storm. Camões is a master in these descriptions, marked by the verbs of movement, the abundance of visual and acoustic sensations, and expressive alliterations. There are also many lyrical moments.
Dating from the 8th century (765–775) , the glossary contains approximately 3,670 Old High German words in over 14,600 examples and is therefore a valuable source for the knowledge of the oldest Upper German language. It was named by German researchers after its first entry: abrogans = dheomodi (Modern German: demütig = modest, humble).
It is not a genre, but several genres originate as occasional poetry, including epithalamia (wedding songs), dirges or funerary poems, paeans, and victory odes. Occasional poems may also be composed exclusive of or within any given set of genre conventions to commemorate single events or anniversaries, such as birthdays, foundings, or dedications.
Poems, on Several Occasions (1st edition, with a preface by Hannah More, 1785) Poems, on Several Occasions (4th edition, with a new preface by Yearsley, 1786) Poems, on Various Subjects (1787) A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade (1788) Stanzas of Woe (1790) Earl Godwin: An Historical Play (performed 1789; printed 1791)
Titlepage to 1645 Poems, with frontispiece depicting Milton surrounded by four muses, designed by William Marshall. Milton's 1645 Poems is a collection, divided into separate English and Latin sections, of John Milton's youthful poetry in a variety of genres, including such notable works as An Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity, Comus and Lycidas.