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... Alexander's Feast Character of Zimri 174 175 Character of Shaftesbury Description of Lycurgus king of Thrace , and of Emetrius king of Inde 179 . 180 ยท 181 From Cymon and Iphigenia From the Flower and the Leaf CONTENTS . vii.
... Alexander's Feast Character of Zimri 174 175 Character of Shaftesbury Description of Lycurgus king of Thrace , and of Emetrius king of Inde 179 . 180 ยท 181 From Cymon and Iphigenia From the Flower and the Leaf CONTENTS . vii.
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Fitz-Greene Halleck. From Cymon and Iphigenia From the Flower and the Leaf Religio Laici JOHN POMFRET . The Choice THOMAS PARNELL . A Night - Piece on Death The Hermit Piety , or the Vision Hymn to Contentment JOHN PHILLIPS . The ...
Fitz-Greene Halleck. From Cymon and Iphigenia From the Flower and the Leaf Religio Laici JOHN POMFRET . The Choice THOMAS PARNELL . A Night - Piece on Death The Hermit Piety , or the Vision Hymn to Contentment JOHN PHILLIPS . The ...
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... flower or herb that grows on ground , Nor arboret with painted blossoms drest , And smelling sweet , but there it might ... flowers , the fields , and all that pleasant grows , How they themselves do thine ensample make , Whiles nothing ...
... flower or herb that grows on ground , Nor arboret with painted blossoms drest , And smelling sweet , but there it might ... flowers , the fields , and all that pleasant grows , How they themselves do thine ensample make , Whiles nothing ...
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... flower - de - luce , her lovely paramour , Bid thee to them thy fruitless labours yield , And soon leave off this toilsome , weary stour ; Lo , lo ! how brave she decks her bounteous bower , With silken curtains and gold coverlets ...
... flower - de - luce , her lovely paramour , Bid thee to them thy fruitless labours yield , And soon leave off this toilsome , weary stour ; Lo , lo ! how brave she decks her bounteous bower , With silken curtains and gold coverlets ...
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... flower of Greece . Ye might have seen the frothy billows fry Under the ship , as thorough them she went , That seem'd the waves were into ivory , Or ivory into the waves , were sent ; And otherwhere the snowy substance sprent With ...
... flower of Greece . Ye might have seen the frothy billows fry Under the ship , as thorough them she went , That seem'd the waves were into ivory , Or ivory into the waves , were sent ; And otherwhere the snowy substance sprent With ...
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