Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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... sweet sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead ( as living ) ever him adored : Upon his shield the like was also scored , For sovereign hope , which in his help he had : Right faithful true he was in deed and word ; But of his cheer ...
... sweet sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead ( as living ) ever him adored : Upon his shield the like was also scored , For sovereign hope , which in his help he had : Right faithful true he was in deed and word ; But of his cheer ...
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... sweet harmony , Which therein shrouded from the tempest's dread , Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky . Much can they praise the trees so strait and high , The sailing Pine , the Cedar proud and tall , The vine - prop Elm , the ...
... sweet harmony , Which therein shrouded from the tempest's dread , Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky . Much can they praise the trees so strait and high , The sailing Pine , the Cedar proud and tall , The vine - prop Elm , the ...
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... sweet , but there it might be found To bud out fair , and throw her sweet smells all around . No tree , whose branches did not bravely spring ; No branch , whereon a fine bird did not sit ; No bird , but did her shrill notes sweetly ...
... sweet , but there it might be found To bud out fair , and throw her sweet smells all around . No tree , whose branches did not bravely spring ; No branch , whereon a fine bird did not sit ; No bird , but did her shrill notes sweetly ...
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... sweet and pleasing unto Èving sense , Or that may daintiest fantasy aggrate , Was poured forth with plentiful dispense , And made there to abound with lavish affluence Goodly it was , enclosed round about , As well their enter'd guests ...
... sweet and pleasing unto Èving sense , Or that may daintiest fantasy aggrate , Was poured forth with plentiful dispense , And made there to abound with lavish affluence Goodly it was , enclosed round about , As well their enter'd guests ...
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... sweet spirit and whole- some smell . More sweet and wholesome than the pleasant hill Of Rhodope EDMUND SPENSER .
... sweet spirit and whole- some smell . More sweet and wholesome than the pleasant hill Of Rhodope EDMUND SPENSER .
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