New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent British Poets and Poetical Translators, Volume 1Richard Alfred Davenport C. and C. Whittingham, 1823 |
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... sight , be thought to require explanation , why another work of the same kind is added to the number . Such an explanation , and one which will be per- fectly satisfactory , it is , however , not diffi- cult to give . " Shall we ...
... sight , be thought to require explanation , why another work of the same kind is added to the number . Such an explanation , and one which will be per- fectly satisfactory , it is , however , not diffi- cult to give . " Shall we ...
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... And that her reign had here its last fulfilling : She knew such harmony alone Could hold all heaven and earth in happier union . At last surrounds their sight A globe of circular light ELEGANT EXTRACTS . ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1 .
... And that her reign had here its last fulfilling : She knew such harmony alone Could hold all heaven and earth in happier union . At last surrounds their sight A globe of circular light ELEGANT EXTRACTS . ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1 .
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... sight A globe of circular light , [ array'd ; That with long beams the shamefaced night The helmed Cherubim , The sworded Seraphim , Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd , Harping in loud and solemn quire , [ Heir . With ...
... sight A globe of circular light , [ array'd ; That with long beams the shamefaced night The helmed Cherubim , The sworded Seraphim , Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd , Harping in loud and solemn quire , [ Heir . With ...
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... sight or smell ! Behind this shadowing cloud , this mystic gloom , The Sharon rose , dyed in the blood of Heaven , The lily of the valley , white from stain , Bows the fair head , in loveliness declines , And , sweetly languishing , it ...
... sight or smell ! Behind this shadowing cloud , this mystic gloom , The Sharon rose , dyed in the blood of Heaven , The lily of the valley , white from stain , Bows the fair head , in loveliness declines , And , sweetly languishing , it ...
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... sight , and let the ear Which thou hast form'd the language hear , Where is thy residence ? Oh ! why Dost thou avoid my searching eye , My longing sense ? Thou Great unknown , Say , do the clouds conceal thy throne ? Divide , ye clouds ...
... sight , and let the ear Which thou hast form'd the language hear , Where is thy residence ? Oh ! why Dost thou avoid my searching eye , My longing sense ? Thou Great unknown , Say , do the clouds conceal thy throne ? Divide , ye clouds ...
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