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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... soul may pierce , In notes , with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ...
... soul may pierce , In notes , with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ...
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... soul's essence , Till all be made immortal : but when Lust , By unchaste looks , loose gestures , and foul talk , But most by lewd and lavish act of sin , Lets in defilement to the inward parts , The soul grows clotted by contagion ...
... soul's essence , Till all be made immortal : but when Lust , By unchaste looks , loose gestures , and foul talk , But most by lewd and lavish act of sin , Lets in defilement to the inward parts , The soul grows clotted by contagion ...
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... soul of man , or passion in him move . What higher in her society thou find'st Attractive , human , rational , love still ; In loving thou dost well , in passion not , Wherein true love consists not : Love refines The thoughts , and ...
... soul of man , or passion in him move . What higher in her society thou find'st Attractive , human , rational , love still ; In loving thou dost well , in passion not , Wherein true love consists not : Love refines The thoughts , and ...
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... soul The various turns of Chance below ; And , now and then , a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow . The mighty ... soul to pleasures . War , he sung , is toil and trouble ; Honor but an empty bubble ; Never ending , still beginning ...
... soul The various turns of Chance below ; And , now and then , a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow . The mighty ... soul to pleasures . War , he sung , is toil and trouble ; Honor but an empty bubble ; Never ending , still beginning ...
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... soul But whither went his soul , let such relate Who search the secrets of the future state : Divines can say but what themselves believe ; Strong proofs they have , but not demonstrative : For , were all plain , then all sides must ...
... soul But whither went his soul , let such relate Who search the secrets of the future state : Divines can say but what themselves believe ; Strong proofs they have , but not demonstrative : For , were all plain , then all sides must ...
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