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... feen that the poet dies before the man ; for , when we once fall in love with that bewitching art , we do not use to court it as a mistress , but marry it as a wife , and take it for better or worse , as an infeparable companion of our ...
... feen that the poet dies before the man ; for , when we once fall in love with that bewitching art , we do not use to court it as a mistress , but marry it as a wife , and take it for better or worse , as an infeparable companion of our ...
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... feen by fun . With hafte fhe let her loofer mantle fall : Which , when th ' enraged lion did espy , With bloody teeth he tore in pieces fmall ; While Thisbe ran , and look'd not back at all ; For , could the fenfeless beast her face ...
... feen by fun . With hafte fhe let her loofer mantle fall : Which , when th ' enraged lion did espy , With bloody teeth he tore in pieces fmall ; While Thisbe ran , and look'd not back at all ; For , could the fenfeless beast her face ...
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... feen in the first volume of his poems . Thofe of Cowley , here printed , abound with ftrokes of wit , fome true , but the far greater part falfe ; which thoroughly characterife the writer , and may be juftly pro- nounced to point out ...
... feen in the first volume of his poems . Thofe of Cowley , here printed , abound with ftrokes of wit , fome true , but the far greater part falfe ; which thoroughly characterife the writer , and may be juftly pro- nounced to point out ...
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... feen ? This truth too well our England knows : ' Twas civil flaughter dy'd her rofe ; Nay , then her lily too With blood's lofs paler grew . Such griefs , nay worfe than thefe , we now fhould feel , Did not jufl Charles filence the rage ...
... feen ? This truth too well our England knows : ' Twas civil flaughter dy'd her rofe ; Nay , then her lily too With blood's lofs paler grew . Such griefs , nay worfe than thefe , we now fhould feel , Did not jufl Charles filence the rage ...
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... feen , If there be nothing elfe between . Men doubt , because they stand fo thick th sky , If those be stars which paint the Galaxy . ' Tis not when two like words make up one noife ( Jets for Dutch men and English boys ) ; In which who ...
... feen , If there be nothing elfe between . Men doubt , because they stand fo thick th sky , If those be stars which paint the Galaxy . ' Tis not when two like words make up one noife ( Jets for Dutch men and English boys ) ; In which who ...
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Page 120 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King, Of wedded maid, and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 24 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 128 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 129 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Page 132 - Through the dear might of him that walked the waves Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
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Page 130 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.