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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... fair , And sometimes Anne the crown did wear , And sometimes both I obey'd . Another Mary then arose , And did rigorous laws impose ; A mighty tyrant she ! Long , alas ! should I have been Under that iron - scepter'd queen , Had not ...
... fair , And sometimes Anne the crown did wear , And sometimes both I obey'd . Another Mary then arose , And did rigorous laws impose ; A mighty tyrant she ! Long , alas ! should I have been Under that iron - scepter'd queen , Had not ...
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... fair morning of the blessed spring , After a tedious stormy night , Such was the glorious entry of our king ; Enriching moisture drop'd on every thing : Plenty he sow'd below , and cast about him light ! But then , alas ! to thee alone ...
... fair morning of the blessed spring , After a tedious stormy night , Such was the glorious entry of our king ; Enriching moisture drop'd on every thing : Plenty he sow'd below , and cast about him light ! But then , alas ! to thee alone ...
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... fair From the rash hand of bold Incontinence . Moon , That wont'st to love the traveller's benison , Stoop thy pale visage through an amber cloud , And disinherit Chaos , that reigns here In double night of darkness and of shades ; Or ...
... fair From the rash hand of bold Incontinence . Moon , That wont'st to love the traveller's benison , Stoop thy pale visage through an amber cloud , And disinherit Chaos , that reigns here In double night of darkness and of shades ; Or ...
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... fair innocence to the flood , That staid her flight with his cross - flowing course . The water - nymphs , that in the bottom play'd , Held up their pearled wrists , and took her in , Bearing her straight to aged Nereus ' hall ; Who ...
... fair innocence to the flood , That staid her flight with his cross - flowing course . The water - nymphs , that in the bottom play'd , Held up their pearled wrists , and took her in , Bearing her straight to aged Nereus ' hall ; Who ...
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... fair branches of your own ; Heaven hath timely tried their youth , Their faith , their patience , and their truth , And sent them here through hard assays With a crown of deathless praise , To triumph in victorious dance O'er sensual ...
... fair branches of your own ; Heaven hath timely tried their youth , Their faith , their patience , and their truth , And sent them here through hard assays With a crown of deathless praise , To triumph in victorious dance O'er sensual ...
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