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How cou'd you say my face was fair , And yet that face forsake ? How cou'd you win my virgin heart , Yet leave that heart to break ? How cou'd you promise love to me , And not that promise keep ? Why did you swear mine eyes were bright ...
How cou'd you say my face was fair , And yet that face forsake ? How cou'd you win my virgin heart , Yet leave that heart to break ? How cou'd you promise love to me , And not that promise keep ? Why did you swear mine eyes were bright ...
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And where abroad the Cypress rears its head , “ Say ! shall the plant the blooming olive in its stead , “ Say , shall my prince , who now the Scepter wields , * Restore the harvest to Germanias fields ! “ Shall he chastise fierce ...
And where abroad the Cypress rears its head , “ Say ! shall the plant the blooming olive in its stead , “ Say , shall my prince , who now the Scepter wields , * Restore the harvest to Germanias fields ! “ Shall he chastise fierce ...
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I say wickedly , because the Romans behaved basely upon the occasion , and heaven seems to have punished them for the unjust deed . After the destruction of Carthage , the Romans having little employment for their swords abroad , began ...
I say wickedly , because the Romans behaved basely upon the occasion , and heaven seems to have punished them for the unjust deed . After the destruction of Carthage , the Romans having little employment for their swords abroad , began ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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