Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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... things he most did crave , And ever as he rode , his heart did yearn To prove his puissance in battle brave Upon his foe , and his new force to learn ; Upon his foe , a dragon horrible and stern . VOL . I. - B A lovely lady rode him ...
... things he most did crave , And ever as he rode , his heart did yearn To prove his puissance in battle brave Upon his foe , and his new force to learn ; Upon his foe , a dragon horrible and stern . VOL . I. - B A lovely lady rode him ...
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... thing that did him please : So pleased , did his wrathful purpose fair appease Thus when she had his eyes and senses fed With false delights , and fill'd with pleasures vam . Into a shady dale she soft him led , And laid him down upon a ...
... thing that did him please : So pleased , did his wrathful purpose fair appease Thus when she had his eyes and senses fed With false delights , and fill'd with pleasures vam . Into a shady dale she soft him led , And laid him down upon a ...
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... Temperance's might , By which the mightiest things efforced been : And eke the gate was wrought of substance light , Rather for pleasure than for battery or fight . It framed was of precious ivory , That seem'd a EDMUND SPENSER . 19.
... Temperance's might , By which the mightiest things efforced been : And eke the gate was wrought of substance light , Rather for pleasure than for battery or fight . It framed was of precious ivory , That seem'd a EDMUND SPENSER . 19.
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... things by season season'd are To their right praise , and true perfection ! Peace , hoa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion , . And would not be awaked ! TROILUS AND CRESSIDA . Act iii . , sc . ii . Pandarus ' Orchard . Tro . Oh , that I ...
... things by season season'd are To their right praise , and true perfection ! Peace , hoa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion , . And would not be awaked ! TROILUS AND CRESSIDA . Act iii . , sc . ii . Pandarus ' Orchard . Tro . Oh , that I ...
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... thing ! Jove knows what man thou might'st have made : but I , Thou diedst , a most rare boy , of melancholy ! How found you him ? Arv . Stark , as you see : Thus smiling , as some fly had tickled slumber , Not as death's dart , being ...
... thing ! Jove knows what man thou might'st have made : but I , Thou diedst , a most rare boy , of melancholy ! How found you him ? Arv . Stark , as you see : Thus smiling , as some fly had tickled slumber , Not as death's dart , being ...
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