Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... GRACE . BEAUTIES , have ye seen this toy , Called Love , a little boy , Almost naked , wanton , blind , Cruel now ; and then as kind ? If he be amongst ye , say ; He is Venus ' run - away.` SECOND GRACE . She , that will but now ...
... GRACE . BEAUTIES , have ye seen this toy , Called Love , a little boy , Almost naked , wanton , blind , Cruel now ; and then as kind ? If he be amongst ye , say ; He is Venus ' run - away.` SECOND GRACE . She , that will but now ...
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... GRACE Still the fairest are his fuel When his days are to be cruel , Lovers ' hearts are all his food ; And his baths their warmest blood : Nought but wounds his hand doth season ; And he hates none like to Reason THIRD GRACE . Idle ...
... GRACE Still the fairest are his fuel When his days are to be cruel , Lovers ' hearts are all his food ; And his baths their warmest blood : Nought but wounds his hand doth season ; And he hates none like to Reason THIRD GRACE . Idle ...
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... grace . But now at last the sacred influence Of light appears , and from the walls of Heaven Shoots far into the ... grace towards him , in regard he fell not of his own malice , as did Satan , but by him , seduced . The Son of God ...
... grace . But now at last the sacred influence Of light appears , and from the walls of Heaven Shoots far into the ... grace towards him , in regard he fell not of his own malice , as did Satan , but by him , seduced . The Son of God ...
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... grace , The other none in mercy and justice both , Through Heaven and Earth , so shall my glory excel : But mercy , first and last , shall brightest shine . " My umpire , Conscience ; whom if they will hear , Light after light , well us ...
... grace , The other none in mercy and justice both , Through Heaven and Earth , so shall my glory excel : But mercy , first and last , shall brightest shine . " My umpire , Conscience ; whom if they will hear , Light after light , well us ...
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... grace , my former state ; how soon Would height recall high thoughts , how soon unsay What feign'd submission swore ? Ease would recant Vows made in pain , as violent and void . For never can true reconcilement grow , Where wounds of ...
... grace , my former state ; how soon Would height recall high thoughts , how soon unsay What feign'd submission swore ? Ease would recant Vows made in pain , as violent and void . For never can true reconcilement grow , Where wounds of ...
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