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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... wings , and rouse his head : And cloudy Care has often took A gentle beamy smile , reflected from thy look . At thy appearance , Fear itself grows bold ; Thy sun - shine melts away his cold . Encouraged at the sight of thee , nels slide ...
... wings , and rouse his head : And cloudy Care has often took A gentle beamy smile , reflected from thy look . At thy appearance , Fear itself grows bold ; Thy sun - shine melts away his cold . Encouraged at the sight of thee , nels slide ...
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... wings , And thou , unblemish'd form of Chastity ! I see ye visibly , and now believe 220 That he , the Supreme Good , to whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of vengeance , Would send a glistering guardian , if need were , To ...
... wings , And thou , unblemish'd form of Chastity ! I see ye visibly , and now believe 220 That he , the Supreme Good , to whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of vengeance , Would send a glistering guardian , if need were , To ...
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... wings he steers his flight 44 " Fall'n cherub , to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering ; but of this be sure ... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast ...
... wings he steers his flight 44 " Fall'n cherub , to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering ; but of this be sure ... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast ...
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... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he assay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth : at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out ...
... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he assay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth : at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out ...
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... wings , and towards the gates of Hell Explores his solitary flight : sometimes He scours the right hand coast , sometimes the left ; Now shaves with level wing the deep , then soars Up to the fiery concave towering high . As when far ...
... wings , and towards the gates of Hell Explores his solitary flight : sometimes He scours the right hand coast , sometimes the left ; Now shaves with level wing the deep , then soars Up to the fiery concave towering high . As when far ...
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