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640 They looking back , all th ' eastern fide beheld Of Paradise , fo late their happy feat , Wav'd over by that flaming brand , the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt , but wip'd them soon ...
640 They looking back , all th ' eastern fide beheld Of Paradise , fo late their happy feat , Wav'd over by that flaming brand , the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt , but wip'd them soon ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 3-5 The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, 1779 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 21, 2005 |
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