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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... hast thou in things ! What sight in searching the most antique springs ! What weight , and what authority in thy speech ! Man scarce can make that doubt , but thou canst teach . Pardon free truth , and let thy modesty , Which conquers ...
... hast thou in things ! What sight in searching the most antique springs ! What weight , and what authority in thy speech ! Man scarce can make that doubt , but thou canst teach . Pardon free truth , and let thy modesty , Which conquers ...
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... hast won ; The fruits of conquest now begin ; Io , triumphe ! enter in . What's this , ye gods ! what can it be ? Remains there still an enemy ? Bold Honor stands up in the gate , And would yet capitulate ; Have I o'ercome all real foes ...
... hast won ; The fruits of conquest now begin ; Io , triumphe ! enter in . What's this , ye gods ! what can it be ? Remains there still an enemy ? Bold Honor stands up in the gate , And would yet capitulate ; Have I o'ercome all real foes ...
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... hast made ? When in the cradle innocent I lay , Thou , wicked spirit ! stolest me away , And my abused soul didst bear Into thy new - found worlds , I know not where , Thy golden Indies in the air ; And ever since I strive in vain My ...
... hast made ? When in the cradle innocent I lay , Thou , wicked spirit ! stolest me away , And my abused soul didst bear Into thy new - found worlds , I know not where , Thy golden Indies in the air ; And ever since I strive in vain My ...
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... hast immanacled , while Heaven sees good . Com . Why are you vex'd , lady ? Why do you frown ? 671 Here dwell no frowns , nor anger ; from these gates Sorrow flies far : see , here be all the pleasures , That fancy can beget on youthful ...
... hast immanacled , while Heaven sees good . Com . Why are you vex'd , lady ? Why do you frown ? 671 Here dwell no frowns , nor anger ; from these gates Sorrow flies far : see , here be all the pleasures , That fancy can beget on youthful ...
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... Hast thou forgot me then , and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heaven , when at the assembly , and in sight Of all the seraphim with thee combin'd In bold conspiracy ' gainst Heaven's King , His deadly arrow ...
... Hast thou forgot me then , and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heaven , when at the assembly , and in sight Of all the seraphim with thee combin'd In bold conspiracy ' gainst Heaven's King , His deadly arrow ...
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