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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... pain that pain to miss But , of all pains , the greatest pain It is to love , but love in vain . Virtue now , nor noble blood , Nor wit , by love is understood Gold alone does passion move . Gold monopolizes love . A curse on her , and ...
... pain that pain to miss But , of all pains , the greatest pain It is to love , but love in vain . Virtue now , nor noble blood , Nor wit , by love is understood Gold alone does passion move . Gold monopolizes love . A curse on her , and ...
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... pain Torments him round he throws his baleful eyes , That witnessed huge affliction and dismay , Mix'd with obdurate pride and stedfast hate ; At once , as far as angels ' ken , he views The dismal situation , waste and wild ; A dungeon ...
... pain Torments him round he throws his baleful eyes , That witnessed huge affliction and dismay , Mix'd with obdurate pride and stedfast hate ; At once , as far as angels ' ken , he views The dismal situation , waste and wild ; A dungeon ...
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... pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in Hell Precedence , none whose portion is so small Of present pain , that with ambitious mind Will covet more ...
... pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in Hell Precedence , none whose portion is so small Of present pain , that with ambitious mind Will covet more ...
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... pain . All things invite To peaceful counsels , and the settled state Of order. To be no more . Sad cure ! for who would lose , Though full of pain , this intellectual being , Those thoughts that wander through eternity , To perish ...
... pain . All things invite To peaceful counsels , and the settled state Of order. To be no more . Sad cure ! for who would lose , Though full of pain , this intellectual being , Those thoughts that wander through eternity , To perish ...
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... pain Of this ill mansion : intermit no watch Against a wakeful foe , while I abroad Through all the coasts of dark destruction seek Deliverance for us all : this enterprise None shall partake with me . " Thus saying rose The monarch ...
... pain Of this ill mansion : intermit no watch Against a wakeful foe , while I abroad Through all the coasts of dark destruction seek Deliverance for us all : this enterprise None shall partake with me . " Thus saying rose The monarch ...
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