The PoemsA scholarly edition of The Poems of John Oldham by Harold F. Brooks and Raman Selden. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus. |
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John Oldham Harold F. Brooks, Raman Selden. " A wretched Maid undone by love and you , " Who does in tears and dying ... wretch forbear , Nor did his tongue these angry threatnings spare : 255 " Fly hence , nor longer my chaf'd fury trust ...
John Oldham Harold F. Brooks, Raman Selden. " A wretched Maid undone by love and you , " Who does in tears and dying ... wretch forbear , Nor did his tongue these angry threatnings spare : 255 " Fly hence , nor longer my chaf'd fury trust ...
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... wretched Youth , alas ! Lies cold and stiff , extended on the grass : There lies he steep'd in gore , there lies he drown'd In purple streams , that gush from his own wound . All the soft band of Loves their Mother mourn , At once of ...
... wretched Youth , alas ! Lies cold and stiff , extended on the grass : There lies he steep'd in gore , there lies he drown'd In purple streams , that gush from his own wound . All the soft band of Loves their Mother mourn , At once of ...
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... Wretch , that writes to eat ? Who the success of the next Play must wait 195 200 205 For Lodging , Food , and Cloaths ... wretched Brains , And toil to bring in thankless Ideots means : Turn o're dull Horace , and the Classick Fools , To ...
... Wretch , that writes to eat ? Who the success of the next Play must wait 195 200 205 For Lodging , Food , and Cloaths ... wretched Brains , And toil to bring in thankless Ideots means : Turn o're dull Horace , and the Classick Fools , To ...
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