Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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... heart be said : Courage and terror there are bred . All those , whose hearts are loose and low , Start , if they hear but the tattoo : 450 And mighty physical their fear is : For , soon as noise of combat near is , Their heart ...
... heart be said : Courage and terror there are bred . All those , whose hearts are loose and low , Start , if they hear but the tattoo : 450 And mighty physical their fear is : For , soon as noise of combat near is , Their heart ...
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... heart , saying , lo , I am come to great estate , and have gotten more wisdom , than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem : yea my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge . ( Verse 16. ) He spake of trees , from the ...
... heart , saying , lo , I am come to great estate , and have gotten more wisdom , than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem : yea my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge . ( Verse 16. ) He spake of trees , from the ...
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... Heart The Lord will happiness divine On contrite hearts bestow : Then tell me , gracious God , is mine A contrite heart , or no ? I hear , but seem to hear in vain , Insensible as steel ; 5 If ought is felt , ' tis only pain , To find I ...
... Heart The Lord will happiness divine On contrite hearts bestow : Then tell me , gracious God , is mine A contrite heart , or no ? I hear , but seem to hear in vain , Insensible as steel ; 5 If ought is felt , ' tis only pain , To find I ...
Contents
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Copyright | |
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