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... never found again But where they mean to sink ye . Farewell , a long farewell , to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to - day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope - to - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing honours ...
... never found again But where they mean to sink ye . Farewell , a long farewell , to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to - day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope - to - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing honours ...
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... never hope to share . ALPS . Byron , Ch . H. 1. 30 . Above me are the Alps , The palaces of Nature , whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps , And thron'd eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity , where forms and ...
... never hope to share . ALPS . Byron , Ch . H. 1. 30 . Above me are the Alps , The palaces of Nature , whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps , And thron'd eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity , where forms and ...
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... never quench'd , Grows more enflam'd , and madder by enjoyment . Ambition is the dropsy of the soul , Whose thirst we must not yield to , but control . Ambition ! the desire of active souls , Otway , Cai . Ma . Sedley . Rowe , Am . Step ...
... never quench'd , Grows more enflam'd , and madder by enjoyment . Ambition is the dropsy of the soul , Whose thirst we must not yield to , but control . Ambition ! the desire of active souls , Otway , Cai . Ma . Sedley . Rowe , Am . Step ...
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... Never anger made good guard for itself . Away to heaven , respective lenity , And fire - eyed fury be my conduct now . What to ourselves in passion we propose , The passion ending , doth the purpose lose . O , that my tongue were in the ...
... Never anger made good guard for itself . Away to heaven , respective lenity , And fire - eyed fury be my conduct now . What to ourselves in passion we propose , The passion ending , doth the purpose lose . O , that my tongue were in the ...
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... never feels The wanton stings and motions of the sense : But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge 23 33333 With profits of the mind , study and fast . Sh . M. for M. 1. 5 . APPARITION . They gather round , and wonder at the tale Of ...
... never feels The wanton stings and motions of the sense : But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge 23 33333 With profits of the mind , study and fast . Sh . M. for M. 1. 5 . APPARITION . They gather round , and wonder at the tale Of ...
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