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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... deep wound In slumber soft , and on the ground Sadly sits the Assyrian queen : But far above in spangled sheen Celestial Cupid , her fam'd son , advanc'd , Holds his dear Psyche sweet entranc'd . After her wandering labors long , Till ...
... deep wound In slumber soft , and on the ground Sadly sits the Assyrian queen : But far above in spangled sheen Celestial Cupid , her fam'd son , advanc'd , Holds his dear Psyche sweet entranc'd . After her wandering labors long , Till ...
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... deep tract of Hell ; say first , what cause Mov'd our grand parents , in that happy state , Favor'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who ...
... deep tract of Hell ; say first , what cause Mov'd our grand parents , in that happy state , Favor'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who ...
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... deep , Chains and these torments ? better these than Through labor. Beyond thus high , insatiate to pursue When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear His proud imaginations thus display'd . 3 Powers and dominions , deities of Heaven ...
... deep , Chains and these torments ? better these than Through labor. Beyond thus high , insatiate to pursue When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear His proud imaginations thus display'd . 3 Powers and dominions , deities of Heaven ...
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... deep world Mustering their 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 ...
... deep world Mustering their 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 ...
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... deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat , and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone , Majestic , though in ruin : sage he stood With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look ...
... deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat , and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone , Majestic , though in ruin : sage he stood With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look ...
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