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Frank Sayers

  

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Frank Sayers : Ode to Aurora

Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c 26 December 1793: 'I take Milton to have introduced this kind of alcaics into the English language in his translation of Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa &c. it is since used most elegantly by Collins Mrs Barbauld — in the gent. of Devon & Cornwalls poems — & by my favourite Dr Sayers — so here I have strong authority.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Southey      Print: Book
  

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