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... e'er thy eye descend into the deep , Or hast thou seen where infant tempests sleep ? Was e'er the grave , or regions of the night , Yet trod by thee , or open'd to thy sight ? Has Death disclos'd to thee her gloomy state , The ghastly ...
... e'er thy eye descend into the deep , Or hast thou seen where infant tempests sleep ? Was e'er the grave , or regions of the night , Yet trod by thee , or open'd to thy sight ? Has Death disclos'd to thee her gloomy state , The ghastly ...
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... e'er such deeds achiev'd In a whole life , as in one glorious day This favourite of the skies ? and yet a man ! A mortal ! born to die ! but such his deeds As future Grecians shall repeat with tears To children yet unborn . - But haste ...
... e'er such deeds achiev'd In a whole life , as in one glorious day This favourite of the skies ? and yet a man ! A mortal ! born to die ! but such his deeds As future Grecians shall repeat with tears To children yet unborn . - But haste ...
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... e'er the sagacious eye [ death . Of Ithacus discerns a distant foe Coasting from Troy , and thus to Diomed : " See ! o'er the plain some Trojan bends this way , Perhaps to spoil the slain ! or to our host Comes he a spy ? Beyond us o'er ...
... e'er the sagacious eye [ death . Of Ithacus discerns a distant foe Coasting from Troy , and thus to Diomed : " See ! o'er the plain some Trojan bends this way , Perhaps to spoil the slain ! or to our host Comes he a spy ? Beyond us o'er ...
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... e'er she mounts , ' tis when you prune her wings , You , like the Sun , your glorious beams display , Deal to the darkest orb a friendly ray , And clothe it with the lustre of the day . Mean was the piece , unelegantly wrought , The ...
... e'er she mounts , ' tis when you prune her wings , You , like the Sun , your glorious beams display , Deal to the darkest orb a friendly ray , And clothe it with the lustre of the day . Mean was the piece , unelegantly wrought , The ...
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... e'er interrupts the song ; Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best most musically dull : So purling streams with even murmurs creep ...
... e'er interrupts the song ; Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best most musically dull : So purling streams with even murmurs creep ...
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