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... Twas Monck whom Providence design'd to loose Those real bonds false freedom did impose . The blessed saints that watch'd this turning scene Did from their stars with joyful wonder lean , To see small clues draw vastest weights along ...
... Twas Monck whom Providence design'd to loose Those real bonds false freedom did impose . The blessed saints that watch'd this turning scene Did from their stars with joyful wonder lean , To see small clues draw vastest weights along ...
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... Twas grief for Charles to madness wrought That question'd thy supreme decree ! Thou didst his gracious reign prolong , Even in thy saints ' and angels ' wrong , His fellow citizens of immortality . 410 420 For twelve long years of exile ...
... Twas grief for Charles to madness wrought That question'd thy supreme decree ! Thou didst his gracious reign prolong , Even in thy saints ' and angels ' wrong , His fellow citizens of immortality . 410 420 For twelve long years of exile ...
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... twas her Saviour's time and , cou'd there be A copy near th ' original , ' twas she . As precious gums are not for lasting fire- They but perfume the temple and expire- So was she soon exhal'd and vanish'd hence , A short sweet odour of ...
... twas her Saviour's time and , cou'd there be A copy near th ' original , ' twas she . As precious gums are not for lasting fire- They but perfume the temple and expire- So was she soon exhal'd and vanish'd hence , A short sweet odour of ...
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HEROIC STANZAS Consecrated to the Glorious | 3 |
ASTRAEA REDUX A Poem on the Happy | 11 |
TO MY HONOURD FRIEND DR CHARLE | 22 |
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