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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... Fear , more gayly clad ! The merrier fool o ' th ' two , yet quite as mad : Sire of Repentance ! child of fond Desire ! That blow'st the chymics ' , and the lovers ' , fire , Leading them still insensibly on By the strange witchcraft of ...
... Fear , more gayly clad ! The merrier fool o ' th ' two , yet quite as mad : Sire of Repentance ! child of fond Desire ! That blow'st the chymics ' , and the lovers ' , fire , Leading them still insensibly on By the strange witchcraft of ...
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... fear- Lest men , when they my pleasures see , Should hither throng to live like me , And so make a city here . FROM THE DAVIDEIS . AWAKE , awake , my Lyre ! And tell thy silent master's humble tale In sounds that may prevail ; Sounds ...
... fear- Lest men , when they my pleasures see , Should hither throng to live like me , And so make a city here . FROM THE DAVIDEIS . AWAKE , awake , my Lyre ! And tell thy silent master's humble tale In sounds that may prevail ; Sounds ...
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... fear the dread events that dog them both , Lest some ill - greeting touch attempt the person Of our unowned sister . 345 Be barr'd that happiness , might we but hear The folded flocks penn'd in their wattled cotes , Or sound of pastoral ...
... fear the dread events that dog them both , Lest some ill - greeting touch attempt the person Of our unowned sister . 345 Be barr'd that happiness , might we but hear The folded flocks penn'd in their wattled cotes , Or sound of pastoral ...
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... fears El . Br . What fears , good Thyrsis ? briefly show . 550 560 That draw the litter of close - curtain'd Sleep ... fear , And , O poor hapless nightingale , thought I , How sweet thou sing'st , how near the deadly snare ! 570 Then ...
... fears El . Br . What fears , good Thyrsis ? briefly show . 550 560 That draw the litter of close - curtain'd Sleep ... fear , And , O poor hapless nightingale , thought I , How sweet thou sing'st , how near the deadly snare ! 570 Then ...
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... fear of change Perplexes monarchs . Darken'd so , yet shone Above them all the arch - angel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows Of dauntless courage , and considerate ...
... fear of change Perplexes monarchs . Darken'd so , yet shone Above them all the arch - angel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows Of dauntless courage , and considerate ...
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