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... golden grain display , And thrash it out and winnow it by day . DRYDEN . We may know And when to reap the grain and when to sow , Or when to fell the furzes . DRYDEN : Virgil . You who supply the ground with seeds of grain , And you who ...
... golden grain display , And thrash it out and winnow it by day . DRYDEN . We may know And when to reap the grain and when to sow , Or when to fell the furzes . DRYDEN : Virgil . You who supply the ground with seeds of grain , And you who ...
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... golden sheaves in brittle bands . DRYDEN . Did we for these barbarians plant and sow , On these , on these our happy fields bestow ? DRYDEN . If your care to wheat alone extend , Let Maia with her sisters first descend , Before you ...
... golden sheaves in brittle bands . DRYDEN . Did we for these barbarians plant and sow , On these , on these our happy fields bestow ? DRYDEN . If your care to wheat alone extend , Let Maia with her sisters first descend , Before you ...
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... golden oars the silver stream And greedily devour the treacherous bait ; So angle we for Beatrice . ANGLING . Let others freeze with angling reeds , Or treacherously poor fish beset With straggling snare or winding net . JOHN DONNE ...
... golden oars the silver stream And greedily devour the treacherous bait ; So angle we for Beatrice . ANGLING . Let others freeze with angling reeds , Or treacherously poor fish beset With straggling snare or winding net . JOHN DONNE ...
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... golden face it did attaint , As when a cloud his beams doth overlay . SPENSER : Faerie Queene . And simple faith than Norman blood . TENNYSON . Fairest piece of well - form'd earth , Urge not thus your haughty birth . WALLER . One whose ...
... golden face it did attaint , As when a cloud his beams doth overlay . SPENSER : Faerie Queene . And simple faith than Norman blood . TENNYSON . Fairest piece of well - form'd earth , Urge not thus your haughty birth . WALLER . One whose ...
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... golden fleece . SIR J. DENHAM . The soldier then in Grecian arts unskill'd , Returning rich with plunder from the field , If cups of silver or of gold he brought With jewels set , and exquisitely wrought , To glorious trappings strait ...
... golden fleece . SIR J. DENHAM . The soldier then in Grecian arts unskill'd , Returning rich with plunder from the field , If cups of silver or of gold he brought With jewels set , and exquisitely wrought , To glorious trappings strait ...
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ADDISON ANNE BRADSTREET beauty BEN JONSON birds BLACKMORE bless bliss breast breath bright BYRON charms Childe Harold clouds coursers COWLEY COWPER dark death delight DENHAM doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools gentle give glory golden grace grief happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Hudibras ISAAC WATTS JOANNA BAILLIE king light live look Lord MILTON mind morning muse N. P. WILLIS nature ne'er never Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace pleasure POPE pow'r praise pride PRIOR rich ROSCOMMON round shade SHAKSPEARE shine sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul SPENSER spirit spring stars stream sweet SWIFT tears thee thine things THOMSON thou trees truth virtue voice WALLER WALTER HARTE weep wind wings wise woman words YOUNG youth