Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin A. Hart, Carey & Hart, 1850 - 807 pages |
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... eyes , And all since the evening - star did rise . 3. I , last night , lay all alone O ' the ground , to hear the mandrake groan ; And pluck'd him up , though he grew full low ; And , as I had done , the cock did crow . 4. And I ha ...
... eyes , And all since the evening - star did rise . 3. I , last night , lay all alone O ' the ground , to hear the mandrake groan ; And pluck'd him up , though he grew full low ; And , as I had done , the cock did crow . 4. And I ha ...
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... eye may look , Hide me from Day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery work doth sing ... eyes . And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage , The hairy gown and mossy cell , Where I may ...
... eye may look , Hide me from Day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery work doth sing ... eyes . And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage , The hairy gown and mossy cell , Where I may ...
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... eyes , and dizzy swum In darkness , while thy head flames thick and fast Threw forth : till , on the left side opening wide , Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright Then shining heavenly fair , a goddess arm'd , Out of thy head ...
... eyes , and dizzy swum In darkness , while thy head flames thick and fast Threw forth : till , on the left side opening wide , Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright Then shining heavenly fair , a goddess arm'd , Out of thy head ...
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... eyes , all mist from thence Purge and disperse , that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight . Now had the Almighty Father from above , From the pure empyrean where he sits High thron'd above all height , bent down his eye ...
... eyes , all mist from thence Purge and disperse , that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight . Now had the Almighty Father from above , From the pure empyrean where he sits High thron'd above all height , bent down his eye ...
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... eye discovers unaware The goodly prospect of some foreign land First seen , or some renown'd metropolis With glistering ... eyes That run through all the Heavens , or down to the Earth Bear his swift errands over moist and dry , O'er sea ...
... eye discovers unaware The goodly prospect of some foreign land First seen , or some renown'd metropolis With glistering ... eyes That run through all the Heavens , or down to the Earth Bear his swift errands over moist and dry , O'er sea ...
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