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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... Night the Second : on Time , Death , and Friendship .. 540 To the Memory of the first Lady Littelton . A Monody ib . Night the Third : Narcissa . ... 545 Night the Fourth : the Christian Triumph 549 Night the Fifth : the Relapse ...
... Night the Second : on Time , Death , and Friendship .. 540 To the Memory of the first Lady Littelton . A Monody ib . Night the Third : Narcissa . ... 545 Night the Fourth : the Christian Triumph 549 Night the Fifth : the Relapse ...
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... night , Goddess excellently bright . FROM THE SILENT WOMAN . STILL to be neat , still to be drest , As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd , still perfum'd : Lady , it is to be presum'd , Though art's hid causes are not ...
... night , Goddess excellently bright . FROM THE SILENT WOMAN . STILL to be neat , still to be drest , As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd , still perfum'd : Lady , it is to be presum'd , Though art's hid causes are not ...
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... night's obscurity , And obscurer secrecy ! Unlike to every other sprite , Thou attempt'st not men to fright , Nor appear'st but in the light . OF MYSELF . THIS only grant me , that my means may lie Too low for envy , for contempt too ...
... night's obscurity , And obscurer secrecy ! Unlike to every other sprite , Thou attempt'st not men to fright , Nor appear'st but in the light . OF MYSELF . THIS only grant me , that my means may lie Too low for envy , for contempt too ...
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... Night , and her ugly subjects , thou dost fright , And Sleep , the lazy owl of night ; Asham'd , and fearful to appear , The ghosts , and monster - spirits , that did presume A body's privilege to assume , Vanish again invisibly , And ...
... Night , and her ugly subjects , thou dost fright , And Sleep , the lazy owl of night ; Asham'd , and fearful to appear , The ghosts , and monster - spirits , that did presume A body's privilege to assume , Vanish again invisibly , And ...
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... night to do with sleep ? Night hath better sweets to prove , Venus now wakes , and wakens Love . Come , let us our rites begin ; " Tis only daylight that makes sin , Which these dun shades will ne'er report : - Hail , goddess of ...
... night to do with sleep ? Night hath better sweets to prove , Venus now wakes , and wakens Love . Come , let us our rites begin ; " Tis only daylight that makes sin , Which these dun shades will ne'er report : - Hail , goddess of ...
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