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... hast , and their adoption tried , Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel ; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new hatch'd , unfledg'd comrade . Beware Of entrance to a quarrel : but , being in , Bear it that the ...
... hast , and their adoption tried , Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel ; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new hatch'd , unfledg'd comrade . Beware Of entrance to a quarrel : but , being in , Bear it that the ...
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... hast been , As there , and there , and what thou there hast seen , Expressing in a figure , by thy hand , How Naples lies , how Florence fair doth stand : Or as the Grecian's finger dipp'd in wine , Drawing a river in a little line ...
... hast been , As there , and there , and what thou there hast seen , Expressing in a figure , by thy hand , How Naples lies , how Florence fair doth stand : Or as the Grecian's finger dipp'd in wine , Drawing a river in a little line ...
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... hast slain another , Learn'd , and fair , and good as she , Time shall throw his dart at thee . ON LUCY , COUNTESS OF BEDFORD . THIS morning , timely rapt with holy fire , I thought to form unto my zealous Muse What kind of creature I ...
... hast slain another , Learn'd , and fair , and good as she , Time shall throw his dart at thee . ON LUCY , COUNTESS OF BEDFORD . THIS morning , timely rapt with holy fire , I thought to form unto my zealous Muse What kind of creature I ...
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... hast thy times to go , And trace the hare in treacherous snow ; Thy witty wiles to draw and get The lark into the trammel net ; Thou hast thy cockrood , and thy glade To take the precious pheasant made ; Thy lime - twigs , snares , and ...
... hast thy times to go , And trace the hare in treacherous snow ; Thy witty wiles to draw and get The lark into the trammel net ; Thou hast thy cockrood , and thy glade To take the precious pheasant made ; Thy lime - twigs , snares , and ...
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... hast made ? When in the cradle innocent I lay , Thou , wicked spirit ! stolest me away , And my abused soul didst bear Into thy new - found worlds , I know not where , Thy golden Indies in the air ; And ever since I strive in vain My ...
... hast made ? When in the cradle innocent I lay , Thou , wicked spirit ! stolest me away , And my abused soul didst bear Into thy new - found worlds , I know not where , Thy golden Indies in the air ; And ever since I strive in vain My ...
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