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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... rage . Tell me , ye mighty Three ! what shall I do To be like one of you ? But you have climb'd the mountain's top , there sit On the calm flourishing head of it , And , whilst with wearied steps we upwards go , See us , and clouds ...
... rage . Tell me , ye mighty Three ! what shall I do To be like one of you ? But you have climb'd the mountain's top , there sit On the calm flourishing head of it , And , whilst with wearied steps we upwards go , See us , and clouds ...
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... rage ; Thy silver hairs yielded me more Than even golden curls before . 3 Had I the power of creation , As I have of generation , Where I the matter must obey , And cannot work plate out of clay , My creatures should be all like thee ...
... rage ; Thy silver hairs yielded me more Than even golden curls before . 3 Had I the power of creation , As I have of generation , Where I the matter must obey , And cannot work plate out of clay , My creatures should be all like thee ...
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... rage Deliberate valor breath'd , firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat : Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage With solemn touches troubled thoughts , and chase Anguish , and doubt , and fear , and sorrow ...
... rage Deliberate valor breath'd , firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat : Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage With solemn touches troubled thoughts , and chase Anguish , and doubt , and fear , and sorrow ...
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... rage Among his angels ; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His own invented torments . But perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe . Let such bethink ...
... rage Among his angels ; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His own invented torments . But perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe . Let such bethink ...
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... rage , and Heaven resembles Hell ? As he our darkness , cannot we his light Imitate when we please ? This desert soil Wants not her hidden lustre , gems and gold ; Nor want we skill or art , from whence to raise Magnificence ; and what ...
... rage , and Heaven resembles Hell ? As he our darkness , cannot we his light Imitate when we please ? This desert soil Wants not her hidden lustre , gems and gold ; Nor want we skill or art , from whence to raise Magnificence ; and what ...
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