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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... hear : It sounds like the last trumpet ; for it can Raise up the buried man . Unpast Alps stop me ; but I'll cut them all , And march , the Muses ' Hannibal . Hence , all the flattering vanities that lay Nets of roses in the way ! Hence ...
... hear : It sounds like the last trumpet ; for it can Raise up the buried man . Unpast Alps stop me ; but I'll cut them all , And march , the Muses ' Hannibal . Hence , all the flattering vanities that lay Nets of roses in the way ! Hence ...
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... hear , When it presumes to be severe ; Beauty alone they should admire , Nor look at Fortune's vain attire . Nor ask what parents it can show ; With dead or old ' t has nought to do . They should not love yet all , or any , But very ...
... hear , When it presumes to be severe ; Beauty alone they should admire , Nor look at Fortune's vain attire . Nor ask what parents it can show ; With dead or old ' t has nought to do . They should not love yet all , or any , But very ...
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... hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto , to have quite set free His half - regain'd Eurydice . These delights if thou canst give Mirth , with thee I mean to live IL PENSEROSO . HENCE , vain deluding Joys , The brood of ...
... hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto , to have quite set free His half - regain'd Eurydice . These delights if thou canst give Mirth , with thee I mean to live IL PENSEROSO . HENCE , vain deluding Joys , The brood of ...
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... hear our song . But , O the heavy change , now thou art gone , Now thou art gone , and never must return ! Thee , shepherd , thee the woods , and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown , And all their echoes , mourn ...
... hear our song . But , O the heavy change , now thou art gone , Now thou art gone , and never must return ! Thee , shepherd , thee the woods , and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown , And all their echoes , mourn ...
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... hear The folded flocks penn'd in their wattled cotes , Or sound of pastoral reed with oaten stops , Or whistle from the lodge , or village cock Count the night watches to his feathery dames , " Twould be some solace yet , some little ...
... hear The folded flocks penn'd in their wattled cotes , Or sound of pastoral reed with oaten stops , Or whistle from the lodge , or village cock Count the night watches to his feathery dames , " Twould be some solace yet , some little ...
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