The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... blood will run no longer . " Waller repeated some lines of Virgil , and went home to die . As the disease increased upon him , he composed himself for his departure ; and call- ing upon Dr. Birch to give him the holy sacrament , he ...
... blood will run no longer . " Waller repeated some lines of Virgil , and went home to die . As the disease increased upon him , he composed himself for his departure ; and call- ing upon Dr. Birch to give him the holy sacrament , he ...
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... blood : What vast hopes may these islands entertain , Where monarchs , thus descended , are to reign ! Led by commanders of so fair a line , Our seas no longer shall our power confine . A brave romance , who would exactly frame , First ...
... blood : What vast hopes may these islands entertain , Where monarchs , thus descended , are to reign ! Led by commanders of so fair a line , Our seas no longer shall our power confine . A brave romance , who would exactly frame , First ...
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... blood , and blood does spouting throw To Heaven , that Heaven men's cruelties might know . Their fixed javelins in her sides she wears , And on her back a grove of pikes appears : You would have thought , had you the monster seen Thus ...
... blood , and blood does spouting throw To Heaven , that Heaven men's cruelties might know . Their fixed javelins in her sides she wears , And on her back a grove of pikes appears : You would have thought , had you the monster seen Thus ...
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... blood , And in high grace with Gloriana stood ; Her bounty , sweetness , beauty , goodness , such , That none e'er thought her happiness too much ; So well inclin'd her favours to confer , And kind to all , as Heaven had been to her ...
... blood , And in high grace with Gloriana stood ; Her bounty , sweetness , beauty , goodness , such , That none e'er thought her happiness too much ; So well inclin'd her favours to confer , And kind to all , as Heaven had been to her ...
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... blood , Though not resisted , may be understood . TO MY WORTHY FRIEND MR . WASE , THE TRANSLATOR OF GRATIUS . THUS , by the music , we may know When noble wits a - hunting go , Through groves , that on Parnassus grow . The Muses all the ...
... blood , Though not resisted , may be understood . TO MY WORTHY FRIEND MR . WASE , THE TRANSLATOR OF GRATIUS . THUS , by the music , we may know When noble wits a - hunting go , Through groves , that on Parnassus grow . The Muses all the ...
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