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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... Give me a look , give me a face , That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing , hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me , Than all th ' adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes , but not my heart . HAGS . 1. I HAVE ...
... Give me a look , give me a face , That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing , hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me , Than all th ' adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes , but not my heart . HAGS . 1. I HAVE ...
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... give them ev'n a Heaven brass : of For all that I gave up I nothing gain , And perish for the part which I retain That bounteous Heaven , which God did not re - Teach me not then , O thou fallacious Muse ! strain They screen their ...
... give them ev'n a Heaven brass : of For all that I gave up I nothing gain , And perish for the part which I retain That bounteous Heaven , which God did not re - Teach me not then , O thou fallacious Muse ! strain They screen their ...
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... give due light To the misled and lonely traveller ? This is the place , as well as I may guess , Whence even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife , and perfect in my listening ear ; 140 Yet nought but single darkness do I find . What ...
... give due light To the misled and lonely traveller ? This is the place , as well as I may guess , Whence even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife , and perfect in my listening ear ; 140 Yet nought but single darkness do I find . What ...
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... give me answer from her mossy couch . Of calling shapes , and beckoning shadows dire , And aery tongues , that syllable men's names On sands , and shores , and desert wildernesses . These thoughts may startle well , but not astound ...
... give me answer from her mossy couch . Of calling shapes , and beckoning shadows dire , And aery tongues , that syllable men's names On sands , and shores , and desert wildernesses . These thoughts may startle well , but not astound ...
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... give you when we go ) you may Boldly assault the necromancer's hall ; Where if he be , with dauntless hardihood , And brandish'd blade , rush on him ; break his glass , 650 you invert the covenants of her trust , And harshly deal like ...
... give you when we go ) you may Boldly assault the necromancer's hall ; Where if he be , with dauntless hardihood , And brandish'd blade , rush on him ; break his glass , 650 you invert the covenants of her trust , And harshly deal like ...
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