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Page 59
... come , my Spouse , I come , he crys , With Love and Pleasure in his Eyes . Our Lord into his Garden comes , Well pleas'd to smell our poor Perfumes , And calls us to a Feast divine , Sweeter than Honey , Milk , or Wine . Eat of the Tree ...
... come , my Spouse , I come , he crys , With Love and Pleasure in his Eyes . Our Lord into his Garden comes , Well pleas'd to smell our poor Perfumes , And calls us to a Feast divine , Sweeter than Honey , Milk , or Wine . Eat of the Tree ...
Page 78
... comes this confederacy to be more displeasing to you , than in a dance which is well contrived ? You see there the united design of many persons to make up one figure : after they have separated themselves in many petty divisions , they ...
... comes this confederacy to be more displeasing to you , than in a dance which is well contrived ? You see there the united design of many persons to make up one figure : after they have separated themselves in many petty divisions , they ...
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... comes poorly out of the comparison . His ' dreams ' , his ' lady ' , and his ' burning youth ' are stock properties out of Yeats's poetical wardrobe ; and it's not clear what it is that ears , however ' discerning ' , have to do with ...
... comes poorly out of the comparison . His ' dreams ' , his ' lady ' , and his ' burning youth ' are stock properties out of Yeats's poetical wardrobe ; and it's not clear what it is that ears , however ' discerning ' , have to do with ...
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Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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