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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... flame entire , That being shot , like lightning , in , Wounds the heart , but not the skin . FIRST GRACE . At his sight , the Sun hath turned , Neptune in the waters burned ; Hell hath felt a greater heat : Jove himself forsook his seat ...
... flame entire , That being shot , like lightning , in , Wounds the heart , but not the skin . FIRST GRACE . At his sight , the Sun hath turned , Neptune in the waters burned ; Hell hath felt a greater heat : Jove himself forsook his seat ...
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... flame , what lightning , e'er So great an active force did bear ? They are all weapon , and they dart Like porcupines from every part . Who can , alas ! their strength express , Arm'd , when they themselves undress , Cap - a - pie with ...
... flame , what lightning , e'er So great an active force did bear ? They are all weapon , and they dart Like porcupines from every part . Who can , alas ! their strength express , Arm'd , when they themselves undress , Cap - a - pie with ...
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... flame . Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark Illimitable ocean , without bound , Without dimension , where length , breadth , and height , And time , and place , are lost ; where eldest Night ...
... flame . Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark Illimitable ocean , without bound , Without dimension , where length , breadth , and height , And time , and place , are lost ; where eldest Night ...
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... flame of zeal severe The current of his fury thus oppos'd . ' " O argument blasphemous , false and proud ! Words which no ear ever to hear in Heaven Expected , least of all from thee , ingrate , In place thyself so high above thy peers ...
... flame of zeal severe The current of his fury thus oppos'd . ' " O argument blasphemous , false and proud ! Words which no ear ever to hear in Heaven Expected , least of all from thee , ingrate , In place thyself so high above thy peers ...
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... flames , wheel within wheel undrawn Itself instinct with spirit , but convoy'd By four cherubic shapes ; four faces ... flame , and sparkles dire : Attended with ten thousand thousand saints , He onward came ; far off his coming shone ...
... flames , wheel within wheel undrawn Itself instinct with spirit , but convoy'd By four cherubic shapes ; four faces ... flame , and sparkles dire : Attended with ten thousand thousand saints , He onward came ; far off his coming shone ...
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