Anthology of the World's Best Poems, Volume 3W. H. Wise, 1948 - 3198 pages |
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Page 1171
Rich the treasure , Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain . Soothed with the sound , the king grew vain ... pleasures . War , he sung , is toil and trouble ; 1171 JOHN DRYDEN.
Rich the treasure , Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain . Soothed with the sound , the king grew vain ... pleasures . War , he sung , is toil and trouble ; 1171 JOHN DRYDEN.
Page 1177
... pleasure of possessing Surpasses all expressing ; But ' tis too short a blessing , And love too long a pain . ' Tis easy to deceive us , In pity of your pain ; But when we love , you leave us , To rail at you in vain . Before we have ...
... pleasure of possessing Surpasses all expressing ; But ' tis too short a blessing , And love too long a pain . ' Tis easy to deceive us , In pity of your pain ; But when we love , you leave us , To rail at you in vain . Before we have ...
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... pleasures , always hovered nigh ; But whate'er smacked of noyance or unrest Was far , far off expelled from this ... pleasure vie ? From mead to mead with gentle wing to stray , From flower to flower on balmy gales to fly , Is all ...
... pleasures , always hovered nigh ; But whate'er smacked of noyance or unrest Was far , far off expelled from this ... pleasure vie ? From mead to mead with gentle wing to stray , From flower to flower on balmy gales to fly , Is all ...
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