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... once a man Fradubio , now a tree ; [ weak Wretched man , wretched tree ! whose nature A cruel witch , her curséd will to wreak , Hath thus transform'd , and plac'd in open plains , Where Boreas doth blow full bitter bleak , And ...
... once a man Fradubio , now a tree ; [ weak Wretched man , wretched tree ! whose nature A cruel witch , her curséd will to wreak , Hath thus transform'd , and plac'd in open plains , Where Boreas doth blow full bitter bleak , And ...
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... once , They gan to fight return ; increasing more Their puissant force , and cruel rage at once , With heapéd strokes more hugely than before ; That with their dreary wounds , and bloody gore , They both deformed , scarcely could be ...
... once , They gan to fight return ; increasing more Their puissant force , and cruel rage at once , With heapéd strokes more hugely than before ; That with their dreary wounds , and bloody gore , They both deformed , scarcely could be ...
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... once with his love inflame , His pictures all will under foot be trod , And he will long but for the living God . The traveller that walks the world about , And sees the glorious works of God on high ; If God his grace once kindly find ...
... once with his love inflame , His pictures all will under foot be trod , And he will long but for the living God . The traveller that walks the world about , And sees the glorious works of God on high ; If God his grace once kindly find ...
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... once more smell the dew and rain , And relish versing ; O my only light , It cannot be That I am he On whom Thy tempests fell all night ! These are Thy wonders , Lord of love- To make us see we are but flowers that glide ; Which when we ...
... once more smell the dew and rain , And relish versing ; O my only light , It cannot be That I am he On whom Thy tempests fell all night ! These are Thy wonders , Lord of love- To make us see we are but flowers that glide ; Which when we ...
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... once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou seest From what height fall'n , so much the stronger prov'J He with his thunder : and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? Yet not for those , Nor what the ...
... once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou seest From what height fall'n , so much the stronger prov'J He with his thunder : and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? Yet not for those , Nor what the ...
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Page 66 - Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, — and then my state (Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate ; For thy sweet love remembered, such wealth brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
Page 102 - SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky! The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly...
Page 112 - Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine. Next Camus, reverend sire, went footing slow, His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.
Page 201 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...
Page 110 - Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony — That Orpheus...
Page 112 - To scorn delights and live laborious days: But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life.
Page 72 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell: Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so, That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 150 - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 112 - Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly dream! Had ye been there — for what could that have done?
Page 292 - THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun from day to day Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes Up the wondrous tale...