Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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... face , As the great eye of heaven , shined bright , And made a sunshine in a shady place ; Did ever mortal eye behold such heavenly grace . It fortuned , out of the thickest wood , A ramping lion rushed suddenly , Hunting full greedy ...
... face , As the great eye of heaven , shined bright , And made a sunshine in a shady place ; Did ever mortal eye behold such heavenly grace . It fortuned , out of the thickest wood , A ramping lion rushed suddenly , Hunting full greedy ...
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... face , pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell , like thy veins ; no , nor The leaf of eglantine , whom not to slander , Out - sweeten'd not thy breath : the ruddock would , With charitable bill ( oh , bill , sore - shaming Those rich ...
... face , pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell , like thy veins ; no , nor The leaf of eglantine , whom not to slander , Out - sweeten'd not thy breath : the ruddock would , With charitable bill ( oh , bill , sore - shaming Those rich ...
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... face of his rays disarray , And sads the smiling orient of the springing day . She was a virgin of austere regard : Not as the world esteems her , deaf and blind ; But as the eagle , that hath oft compared Her eye with heaven's , so ...
... face of his rays disarray , And sads the smiling orient of the springing day . She was a virgin of austere regard : Not as the world esteems her , deaf and blind ; But as the eagle , that hath oft compared Her eye with heaven's , so ...
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... face A thousand colours did the bow enchase , That wonder was to see the silk distain'd With the resplendence from her beauty gain'd , And Iris paint her locks with beams so lively feign'd About her head a cypress heav'n she wore ...
... face A thousand colours did the bow enchase , That wonder was to see the silk distain'd With the resplendence from her beauty gain'd , And Iris paint her locks with beams so lively feign'd About her head a cypress heav'n she wore ...
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... face . A painted face , belied with vermeil store , Which light Euëlpis every day did trim , That in one hand a gilded anchor wore , Not fixed on the rock , but on the brim Of the wide air , she let it loosely swim ! Her other hand a ...
... face . A painted face , belied with vermeil store , Which light Euëlpis every day did trim , That in one hand a gilded anchor wore , Not fixed on the rock , but on the brim Of the wide air , she let it loosely swim ! Her other hand a ...
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