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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... never heard . He never heard the shrill alarms of war , Or the worse noises of the lawyers ' bar . No change of consuls marks to him the year . The change of seasons is his calendar . The cold and heat , winter and summer shows , Autumn ...
... never heard . He never heard the shrill alarms of war , Or the worse noises of the lawyers ' bar . No change of consuls marks to him the year . The change of seasons is his calendar . The cold and heat , winter and summer shows , Autumn ...
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... never heard the nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt . There in close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from Day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery ...
... never heard the nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt . There in close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from Day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery ...
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... never miss From a thousand petty rills , That tumble down the snowy hills : Summer drought , or singed air , May thy lofty head be crown'd Never scorch thy tresses fair , Nor wet October's torrent flood 930 Thy molten crystal fill with ...
... never miss From a thousand petty rills , That tumble down the snowy hills : Summer drought , or singed air , May thy lofty head be crown'd Never scorch thy tresses fair , Nor wet October's torrent flood 930 Thy molten crystal fill with ...
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... never dwell ; hope never comes , That comes to all : but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal Justice had prepar'd For those rebellious ; here their ...
... never dwell ; hope never comes , That comes to all : but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal Justice had prepar'd For those rebellious ; here their ...
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... never had I found . Sated at length , ere long I might perceive Strange alteration in me , to degree Of reason in my inward powers ; and speech Wanted not long ; though to this shape retain'd . Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I ...
... never had I found . Sated at length , ere long I might perceive Strange alteration in me , to degree Of reason in my inward powers ; and speech Wanted not long ; though to this shape retain'd . Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I ...
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