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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... never heard . He never heard the shrill alarms of war , Or the worse noises of the lawyers ' bar . No change of consuls marks to him the year . The change of seasons is his calendar . The cold and heat , winter and summer shows , Autumn ...
... never heard . He never heard the shrill alarms of war , Or the worse noises of the lawyers ' bar . No change of consuls marks to him the year . The change of seasons is his calendar . The cold and heat , winter and summer shows , Autumn ...
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... never heard the nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt . There in close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from Day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery ...
... never heard the nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt . There in close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from Day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery ...
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... never heard till now . - I'll speak to her , And she shall be my queen . - Hail , foreign wonder ! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan ; by blest ...
... never heard till now . - I'll speak to her , And she shall be my queen . - Hail , foreign wonder ! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan ; by blest ...
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... never hurt , Surpris'd by unjust force , but not enthrall'd : 590 Yea , even that , which mischief meant most harm , Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on itself shall back recoil , And mix no more with goodness ; when ...
... never hurt , Surpris'd by unjust force , but not enthrall'd : 590 Yea , even that , which mischief meant most harm , Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on itself shall back recoil , And mix no more with goodness ; when ...
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... never dwell ; hope never comes , That comes to all but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal Justice had prepar'd For those rebellious ; here their prison ...
... never dwell ; hope never comes , That comes to all but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal Justice had prepar'd For those rebellious ; here their prison ...
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