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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... Hope . 12 For Hope ... 13 Claudian's Old Man of Verona . ib . The Wish ... . . . ib . From the Davideis ... 14 Annus Mirabilis : the Year of Wonders , 1666 149 Alexander's Feast : or , the Power of Music . An Ode in honor of St ...
... Hope . 12 For Hope ... 13 Claudian's Old Man of Verona . ib . The Wish ... . . . ib . From the Davideis ... 14 Annus Mirabilis : the Year of Wonders , 1666 149 Alexander's Feast : or , the Power of Music . An Ode in honor of St ...
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... HOPE . HOPE ! whose weak being ruin'd is , Ev'n Lust , the master of a harden'd face , Blushes , if thou be'st in the place , To Darkness ' curtains he retires ; In sympathizing night he rolls his smoky fires . When , goddess ! thou ...
... HOPE . HOPE ! whose weak being ruin'd is , Ev'n Lust , the master of a harden'd face , Blushes , if thou be'st in the place , To Darkness ' curtains he retires ; In sympathizing night he rolls his smoky fires . When , goddess ! thou ...
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... Hope ! who tak'st thy aim so far , That still or short or wide thine arrows are ! Thin , empty cloud , which th ... HOPE . HOPE ! of all ills that men endure , The only cheap and universal cure ! Thou captive's freedom , and thou sick ...
... Hope ! who tak'st thy aim so far , That still or short or wide thine arrows are ! Thin , empty cloud , which th ... HOPE . HOPE ! of all ills that men endure , The only cheap and universal cure ! Thou captive's freedom , and thou sick ...
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... hope to find , And think to burst out into sudden blaze , Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears , And slits the thin - spun life . But not the praise , " Phoebus replied , and touch'd my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that ...
... hope to find , And think to burst out into sudden blaze , Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears , And slits the thin - spun life . But not the praise , " Phoebus replied , and touch'd my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that ...
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... hope and fear Does arbitrate the event , my nature is That I incline to hope , rather than fear , And gladly banish squint suspicion . My sister is not so defenceless left As you imagine ; she has a hidden strength , 415 Which you ...
... hope and fear Does arbitrate the event , my nature is That I incline to hope , rather than fear , And gladly banish squint suspicion . My sister is not so defenceless left As you imagine ; she has a hidden strength , 415 Which you ...
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