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... and anon with silent joy The beauteous Phrygian boy Defeats the strong , o'ertakes the flying prey , And sometimes basks in th ' open flames of day ; And sometimes too he shrowds His soaring wings among the clouds .
... and anon with silent joy The beauteous Phrygian boy Defeats the strong , o'ertakes the flying prey , And sometimes basks in th ' open flames of day ; And sometimes too he shrowds His soaring wings among the clouds .
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A secure peace the faithful neighbours keep ; Th ' embolden'd snow next to the flame does sleep ! And , if we weigh , like thee , Nature and Causes , we shall see That thus it needs must be To things immortal , Time can do no wrong ...
A secure peace the faithful neighbours keep ; Th ' embolden'd snow next to the flame does sleep ! And , if we weigh , like thee , Nature and Causes , we shall see That thus it needs must be To things immortal , Time can do no wrong ...
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The star that did my being frame , Was but a lambent flame , And some small light it did dispense , But neither heat nor influence . No matter , Cowley ! let proud Fortune fee , That thou canst her despise no less than she does thee .
The star that did my being frame , Was but a lambent flame , And some small light it did dispense , But neither heat nor influence . No matter , Cowley ! let proud Fortune fee , That thou canst her despise no less than she does thee .
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... in my way , Like harmless lambent fires about my temples play . Now 1 Now into a gentle sea of rolling flame I'm * LIFE AND FAME . 43.
... in my way , Like harmless lambent fires about my temples play . Now 1 Now into a gentle sea of rolling flame I'm * LIFE AND FAME . 43.
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1 Now into a gentle sea of rolling flame I'm plung'd , and still mount higher there , As flames mount up through air : So perfect , yét fo'tame , So great , so pure , so bright a fire , Was that unfortunate desire , My faithful breast ...
1 Now into a gentle sea of rolling flame I'm plung'd , and still mount higher there , As flames mount up through air : So perfect , yét fo'tame , So great , so pure , so bright a fire , Was that unfortunate desire , My faithful breast ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
| Author | Abraham Cowley |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres) |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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