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... earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear . A tear so limpid and so meek , It would not stain an angel's cheek , ' Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ...
... earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear . A tear so limpid and so meek , It would not stain an angel's cheek , ' Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ...
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... earth for charity ! Sh . Lear , II . 4 . Sh . Hen . VIII . IV . 2 . When forty winters shall besiege your brow , And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field , Thy youth's proud livery , so gazed on now , Will be a tatter'd weed , of ...
... earth for charity ! Sh . Lear , II . 4 . Sh . Hen . VIII . IV . 2 . When forty winters shall besiege your brow , And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field , Thy youth's proud livery , so gazed on now , Will be a tatter'd weed , of ...
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... earth as I am now . AGGRESSION . page , Byron , Ch . H. 98 . You take my house , when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life , When you do take the means whereby I live . Sh . M. V. rv . 1 . ALACRITY - see ...
... earth as I am now . AGGRESSION . page , Byron , Ch . H. 98 . You take my house , when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life , When you do take the means whereby I live . Sh . M. V. rv . 1 . ALACRITY - see ...
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... earth may pierce to Heaven , yet leave vain man below . Byron , Ch . H. 111. 62 . Who first beholds the Alps , -that mighty chain Of mountains , stretching on from east to west , So massive , yet so shadowy , so ethereal , As to belong ...
... earth may pierce to Heaven , yet leave vain man below . Byron , Ch . H. 111. 62 . Who first beholds the Alps , -that mighty chain Of mountains , stretching on from east to west , So massive , yet so shadowy , so ethereal , As to belong ...
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... earth , And kindle rivers in its course . Those hearts that start at once into a blaze , And open all their rage , like summer storms At once discharged grow cool again and calm . Congreve . C. Johnson's Medea . And her brow clear'd ...
... earth , And kindle rivers in its course . Those hearts that start at once into a blaze , And open all their rage , like summer storms At once discharged grow cool again and calm . Congreve . C. Johnson's Medea . And her brow clear'd ...
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