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... shades away , Which guideless in those dark dominions stray . Just at the entrance of the fields below , Thou shalt behold a tall black poplar grow ; Safe in its hollow trunk I will attend , And seize thy spirit when thou dost descend ...
... shades away , Which guideless in those dark dominions stray . Just at the entrance of the fields below , Thou shalt behold a tall black poplar grow ; Safe in its hollow trunk I will attend , And seize thy spirit when thou dost descend ...
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... shades of Heav'n , prepar'd for light . [ Exit Ghost . Almanz . O Heav'n , how dark a riddle's thy decree , Which bounds our wills , yet seems to leave them free ! Since thy fore - knowledge cannot be in vain , Our choice must be what ...
... shades of Heav'n , prepar'd for light . [ Exit Ghost . Almanz . O Heav'n , how dark a riddle's thy decree , Which bounds our wills , yet seems to leave them free ! Since thy fore - knowledge cannot be in vain , Our choice must be what ...
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... ; then threw his sword away ; Bless'd shade , he said , I hear thee , I obey Thy sacred voice ; then , in the sight of all , He at my feet , I on his neck did fall . MARRIAGE À LA MODE . 1672 . Leon . See 38 THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA .
... ; then threw his sword away ; Bless'd shade , he said , I hear thee , I obey Thy sacred voice ; then , in the sight of all , He at my feet , I on his neck did fall . MARRIAGE À LA MODE . 1672 . Leon . See 38 THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA .
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... shade , Or that close arbour which your hands have made : I'd search the groves , and ev'ry tree , to find Where you had carv'd our names upon the rind : Your hook , your scrip , all that was yours , I'd keep , And lay them by me when I ...
... shade , Or that close arbour which your hands have made : I'd search the groves , and ev'ry tree , to find Where you had carv'd our names upon the rind : Your hook , your scrip , all that was yours , I'd keep , And lay them by me when I ...
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... shade take me in his cold arms , And lay me kindly by him in his grave . THE STATE OF INNOCence . 1674 . Lucifer . O death to hear ! and a worse hell on earth : What mad profusion on this clod - born birth ! Abyss of joys , as if Heav'n ...
... shade take me in his cold arms , And lay me kindly by him in his grave . THE STATE OF INNOCence . 1674 . Lucifer . O death to hear ! and a worse hell on earth : What mad profusion on this clod - born birth ! Abyss of joys , as if Heav'n ...
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