English Poems, Volume 3University of Chicago Press, 1919 |
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... hear That dies in ev'ry note , For being so remote , As if it sighed with each man's care 60 Think then how often love we've made To you , when all those tunes were played— With a fa , la , la , la , la ! In justice you cannot refuse To ...
... hear That dies in ev'ry note , For being so remote , As if it sighed with each man's care 60 Think then how often love we've made To you , when all those tunes were played— With a fa , la , la , la , la ! In justice you cannot refuse To ...
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... hear of no inconstancy ; We have too much of that at sea- With a fa , la , la , la , la ! ON A LADY WHO FANCIED HERSELF A BEAUTY Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes , United , cast too fierce a light , Which blazes high but quickly dies ...
... hear of no inconstancy ; We have too much of that at sea- With a fa , la , la , la , la ! ON A LADY WHO FANCIED HERSELF A BEAUTY Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes , United , cast too fierce a light , Which blazes high but quickly dies ...
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... hears his god - like Romans rage , He , in a just despair , would quit the stage , And to an age less polished , more unskilled , Does with disdain the foremost honours yield . As with the greater dead he dares not strive , He would not ...
... hears his god - like Romans rage , He , in a just despair , would quit the stage , And to an age less polished , more unskilled , Does with disdain the foremost honours yield . As with the greater dead he dares not strive , He would not ...
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... Hear , then , a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse , In no ignoble verse , But such as thy own voice did practise here , When thy first - fruits of poesy were giv'n , To make thyself a welcome inmate there , While yet a young probationer ...
... Hear , then , a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse , In no ignoble verse , But such as thy own voice did practise here , When thy first - fruits of poesy were giv'n , To make thyself a welcome inmate there , While yet a young probationer ...
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... hear the sound , 185 And foremost from the tomb shall bound , For they are covered with the lightest ground , And straight , with inborn vigour , on the wing , Like mounting larks , to the new morning sing . There thou , sweet saint ...
... hear the sound , 185 And foremost from the tomb shall bound , For they are covered with the lightest ground , And straight , with inborn vigour , on the wing , Like mounting larks , to the new morning sing . There thou , sweet saint ...
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