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Page 46
( who dost sure my mistress view With all thine eyes , yet think'st them all too few ) If thy fore - face do see No better things prepar'd for me , Than did thy face behind ; If still her breast must smut against me be ( For ' tis not ...
( who dost sure my mistress view With all thine eyes , yet think'st them all too few ) If thy fore - face do see No better things prepar'd for me , Than did thy face behind ; If still her breast must smut against me be ( For ' tis not ...
Page 74
... With dropping lights thick shone the singed air ; Since when , the dismal solace of their woe Has only been weak mankind to undo ; Themselves at first against themselves they excite , ( Their deareft conquest and most proud delight ) ...
... With dropping lights thick shone the singed air ; Since when , the dismal solace of their woe Has only been weak mankind to undo ; Themselves at first against themselves they excite , ( Their deareft conquest and most proud delight ) ...
Page 77
... “ Leaving their boasting songs tun'd to a sphere ; “ Nay , their God too - for fear he did , when we " Took noble arms against his tyranny , “ So noble arms , and in a cause so great , “ That triumphs they deserve for their defeat .
... “ Leaving their boasting songs tun'd to a sphere ; “ Nay , their God too - for fear he did , when we " Took noble arms against his tyranny , “ So noble arms , and in a cause so great , “ That triumphs they deserve for their defeat .
Page 80
“ Unnatural fool ! who can thus cheated be “ By friendship's name , against a crown and thee ! “ Betray not too thyself ; take courage , call « Thy ' enchanted virtues forth , and be whole Saul . 290 3 « Lo !
“ Unnatural fool ! who can thus cheated be “ By friendship's name , against a crown and thee ! “ Betray not too thyself ; take courage , call « Thy ' enchanted virtues forth , and be whole Saul . 290 3 « Lo !
Page 84
... tongue would stop against thy will . 400 « Then fall thine head fix'd in curst temples be , “ And all their foolish gods shall laugh at thee . « That hand which now on David's life would prey , * Shall then turn just , and its own ...
... tongue would stop against thy will . 400 « Then fall thine head fix'd in curst temples be , “ And all their foolish gods shall laugh at thee . « That hand which now on David's life would prey , * Shall then turn just , and its own ...
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