Selected Poetry and ProseMelbourne University Press, 1948 - 149 pages |
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... soon hath Time , the subtle thief of youth , Stolen on his wing my three - and - twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career , But my late spring no bud or blossom show'th . Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth ...
... soon hath Time , the subtle thief of youth , Stolen on his wing my three - and - twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career , But my late spring no bud or blossom show'th . Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth ...
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... soon his bold compeer : ' O Prince , O Chief of many thronéd powers , That led the embattled Seraphim to war Under thy conduct , and , in dreadful deeds Fearless , endangered Heaven's perpetual King , And put to proof his high supremacy ...
... soon his bold compeer : ' O Prince , O Chief of many thronéd powers , That led the embattled Seraphim to war Under thy conduct , and , in dreadful deeds Fearless , endangered Heaven's perpetual King , And put to proof his high supremacy ...
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... Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound , And digged out ribs of gold . Let none admire * That riches grow in Hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane . And here let those Who boast in mortal things , and ...
... Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound , And digged out ribs of gold . Let none admire * That riches grow in Hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane . And here let those Who boast in mortal things , and ...
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