Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin A. Hart, Carey & Hart, 1850 - 807 pages |
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... command , As tunes obey the artful hand . And whilst I do thus discover Th ' ingredients of a happy lover , " Tis , my Anacreon ! for thy sake I of the grape no mention make . Till my Anacreon by thee fell , Cursed Plant ! I lov'd thee ...
... command , As tunes obey the artful hand . And whilst I do thus discover Th ' ingredients of a happy lover , " Tis , my Anacreon ! for thy sake I of the grape no mention make . Till my Anacreon by thee fell , Cursed Plant ! I lov'd thee ...
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... command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which action passed over , the poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his angels now falling into Hell described here , not in the ...
... command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which action passed over , the poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his angels now falling into Hell described here , not in the ...
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... command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye , and soon traverse The whole battalion views , their order due , Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums . And now ...
... command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye , and soon traverse The whole battalion views , their order due , Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums . And now ...
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... command of Heaven's all - powerful King , Stood on the brink of Hell , and look'd a while . I keep , by him ... commands above Who hates me , and hath hither thrust me down Into this gloom of Tartarus profound , To sit in hateful office ...
... command of Heaven's all - powerful King , Stood on the brink of Hell , and look'd a while . I keep , by him ... commands above Who hates me , and hath hither thrust me down Into this gloom of Tartarus profound , To sit in hateful office ...
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... commands ; For sight no obstacle found here , nor shade , But all sun - shine , as when his beams at noon Culminate ... command , and are his eyes That run through all the Heavens , or down to the Earth Bear his swift errands over moist ...
... commands ; For sight no obstacle found here , nor shade , But all sun - shine , as when his beams at noon Culminate ... command , and are his eyes That run through all the Heavens , or down to the Earth Bear his swift errands over moist ...
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