Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Southey to Croly: with Biographical and Critical Notices, Volume 1 |
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... things long past a second date she gives , And hoary Time from her fresh youth receives . Congenia sister of immortal Fame , She shares her power , and Memory is her name . O first - born daughter of primeval Time ! By whom transmitted ...
... things long past a second date she gives , And hoary Time from her fresh youth receives . Congenia sister of immortal Fame , She shares her power , and Memory is her name . O first - born daughter of primeval Time ! By whom transmitted ...
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... things be , and thus they were , Where shall I seek thy presence ? how unblamed Invoke thy dread perfection ? Have the broad eyelids of the morn beheld thee ? Or does the beamy shoulder of Orion Support thy throne ? O look with pity ...
... things be , and thus they were , Where shall I seek thy presence ? how unblamed Invoke thy dread perfection ? Have the broad eyelids of the morn beheld thee ? Or does the beamy shoulder of Orion Support thy throne ? O look with pity ...
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... things of life , Obvious to sight and touch , all glowing round , Fade to the hue of shadows . - Scruples here , With filmy net , most like th ' autumnal webs Of floating gossamer , arrest the foot Of generous enterprise ; and palsy ...
... things of life , Obvious to sight and touch , all glowing round , Fade to the hue of shadows . - Scruples here , With filmy net , most like th ' autumnal webs Of floating gossamer , arrest the foot Of generous enterprise ; and palsy ...
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... things it spoke , - The sword so lately drawn was not so keen , - Which , as the injured Master turn'd him round , In the strange solemn scene , And the shrill clarion gave th ' appointed sound , Pierced sudden through the reins ...
... things it spoke , - The sword so lately drawn was not so keen , - Which , as the injured Master turn'd him round , In the strange solemn scene , And the shrill clarion gave th ' appointed sound , Pierced sudden through the reins ...
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... things , The fate of empires , and the pride of kings : Eternal night shall veil their proudest story , And drop the curtain o'er all human glory . The sun himself , with weary clouds opprest , Shall in his silent , dark pavilion rest ...
... things , The fate of empires , and the pride of kings : Eternal night shall veil their proudest story , And drop the curtain o'er all human glory . The sun himself , with weary clouds opprest , Shall in his silent , dark pavilion rest ...
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