Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... shining orb was made Heaven to clear , when day did close ; Bless us then with wished sight , Goddess excellently bright . Lay thy bow of pearl apart , And thy crystal - shining quiver ; Give unto the flying heart Space to breathe , how ...
... shining orb was made Heaven to clear , when day did close ; Bless us then with wished sight , Goddess excellently bright . Lay thy bow of pearl apart , And thy crystal - shining quiver ; Give unto the flying heart Space to breathe , how ...
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... shining pageants of the world attend thy show . Nor amidst all these triumphs dost thou scorn The humble glow - worms to adorn , And with those living spangles gild ( O greatness without pride ! ) the bushes of the field . Night , and ...
... shining pageants of the world attend thy show . Nor amidst all these triumphs dost thou scorn The humble glow - worms to adorn , And with those living spangles gild ( O greatness without pride ! ) the bushes of the field . Night , and ...
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... shining heavenly fair , a goddess arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : amazement seiz'd All the host of Heaven ; back they recoil'd afraid Portentous held me ; but , familiar grown , I pleas'd , and with attractive graces won The most ...
... shining heavenly fair , a goddess arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : amazement seiz'd All the host of Heaven ; back they recoil'd afraid Portentous held me ; but , familiar grown , I pleas'd , and with attractive graces won The most ...
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... shining orbs hath Man His fixed seat , or fixed seat hath none , But all these shining orbs his choice to dwell , That I may find him , and with secret gaze Or open admiration him behold , On whom the great Creator hath bestow'd Worlds ...
... shining orbs hath Man His fixed seat , or fixed seat hath none , But all these shining orbs his choice to dwell , That I may find him , and with secret gaze Or open admiration him behold , On whom the great Creator hath bestow'd Worlds ...
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... shining rock , A whole day's journey high , but wide remote From this Assyrian garden , where the fiend Saw , undelighted , all delight , all kind Of living creatures , new to sight , and strange . Two of far nobler shape , erect and ...
... shining rock , A whole day's journey high , but wide remote From this Assyrian garden , where the fiend Saw , undelighted , all delight , all kind Of living creatures , new to sight , and strange . Two of far nobler shape , erect and ...
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