The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 160
... grave the rosemary they threw , The daisie , butter - flow'r and endive blue . After the good man warn'd us from his text , That none cou'd tell whose turn would be the next ; He said , that heav'n would take her soul , no doubt , And ...
... grave the rosemary they threw , The daisie , butter - flow'r and endive blue . After the good man warn'd us from his text , That none cou'd tell whose turn would be the next ; He said , that heav'n would take her soul , no doubt , And ...
Page 167
... grave joker , joyous Ford is there , And wond'ring Maine , so fat with laughing eyes : ( Gay , Maine , and Cheney , boon companions dear , Gay fat , Maine fatter , Cheney huge of size ) Yea Dennis , Gildon , ( hearing thou hast riches ) ...
... grave joker , joyous Ford is there , And wond'ring Maine , so fat with laughing eyes : ( Gay , Maine , and Cheney , boon companions dear , Gay fat , Maine fatter , Cheney huge of size ) Yea Dennis , Gildon , ( hearing thou hast riches ) ...
Page 175
... grave ! How silent did his old companions tread , By mid - night lamps , the mansions of the dead , Through breathing statues , then unheeded things , Through rowes of warriors , and through walks of kings ! What awe did the slow solemn ...
... grave ! How silent did his old companions tread , By mid - night lamps , the mansions of the dead , Through breathing statues , then unheeded things , Through rowes of warriors , and through walks of kings ! What awe did the slow solemn ...
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