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... weary wandering way , To come unto his wished home in haste , And meets a flood , that doth his passage stay , Is't not great grace to help him over past , Or free his feet , that in the mire stick fast ? Most envious man , that grieves ...
... weary wandering way , To come unto his wished home in haste , And meets a flood , that doth his passage stay , Is't not great grace to help him over past , Or free his feet , that in the mire stick fast ? Most envious man , that grieves ...
Page 53
... Weary and old with service , to the mercy Of a rude stream , that must for ever hide me . Vain pomp and glory of this world , I hate ye ; I feel my heart new opened : O , how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes ' favours ...
... Weary and old with service , to the mercy Of a rude stream , that must for ever hide me . Vain pomp and glory of this world , I hate ye ; I feel my heart new opened : O , how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes ' favours ...
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... weary life ; But that the dread of something after death , - The undiscovered country , from whose bourn No traveller returns , -puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear the ills we have , Than fly to others that we know not of ...
... weary life ; But that the dread of something after death , - The undiscovered country , from whose bourn No traveller returns , -puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear the ills we have , Than fly to others that we know not of ...
Page 77
... weary age , Find out the peaceful hermitage , The hairy gown , and mossy cell , Where I may sit , and rightly spell Of every star that Heaven doth shew , And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old Experience do attain To something like ...
... weary age , Find out the peaceful hermitage , The hairy gown , and mossy cell , Where I may sit , and rightly spell Of every star that Heaven doth shew , And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old Experience do attain To something like ...
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... weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight , And drowsy tinklings lull the ...
... weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight , And drowsy tinklings lull the ...
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