Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical NoticesThomas Wardle, 1846 - 807 pages |
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Page 17
... Darkness spreads his And the night - raven sings ; There under ebon shades , and low - brow'd rocks , As ragged as thy locks , ! In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell . But come , thou goddess fair and free , In Heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne ...
... Darkness spreads his And the night - raven sings ; There under ebon shades , and low - brow'd rocks , As ragged as thy locks , ! In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell . But come , thou goddess fair and free , In Heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne ...
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... darkness , ere they could return , Had stole them from me : else , O thievish Night , Why should'st thou , but for some felonious end , In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars , That Nature hung in Heaven , and fill'd their lamps ...
... darkness , ere they could return , Had stole them from me : else , O thievish Night , Why should'st thou , but for some felonious end , In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars , That Nature hung in Heaven , and fill'd their lamps ...
Page 24
... darkness and of shades ; Or , if your influence be quite damm'd up With black usurping mists , some gentle taper , Though a ... dark soul and foul thoughts , Benighted walks under the mid - day Sun ; Himself is his own dungeon . Sec . Br ...
... darkness and of shades ; Or , if your influence be quite damm'd up With black usurping mists , some gentle taper , Though a ... dark soul and foul thoughts , Benighted walks under the mid - day Sun ; Himself is his own dungeon . Sec . Br ...
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... dark Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal ... darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of wo , Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where peace And rest can ...
... dark Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal ... darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of wo , Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where peace And rest can ...
Page 37
... darkness , cannot we his light Imitate when we please ? This desert soil Wants not her hidden lustre , gems and gold ... dark doth Heaven's all - ruling Sire Choose to reside , his glory unobscur'd , And with the majesty of darkness ...
... darkness , cannot we his light Imitate when we please ? This desert soil Wants not her hidden lustre , gems and gold ... dark doth Heaven's all - ruling Sire Choose to reside , his glory unobscur'd , And with the majesty of darkness ...
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