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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... o'er : Broad were their collars too , and every one Was set about with many a costly stone . Next these of kings - at - arms a goodly train In proud array came prancing o'er the plain : Their cloaks were cloth of silver mix'd with gold ...
... o'er : Broad were their collars too , and every one Was set about with many a costly stone . Next these of kings - at - arms a goodly train In proud array came prancing o'er the plain : Their cloaks were cloth of silver mix'd with gold ...
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... o'er the escutcheons of the dead ? Nor can the parted body know , Nor wants the soul these forms of woe ; As men who long in prison dwell , With lamps that glimmer round the cell , Whene'er their suffering years are run , Spring forth ...
... o'er the escutcheons of the dead ? Nor can the parted body know , Nor wants the soul these forms of woe ; As men who long in prison dwell , With lamps that glimmer round the cell , Whene'er their suffering years are run , Spring forth ...
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... O'er the warm bed of smoking sulphur glide . Fir'd with a thousand raptures , I survey Eridanus through flowery meadows stray , The king of floods ! that , rolling o'er the plains , The towering Alps of half their moisture drains , And ...
... O'er the warm bed of smoking sulphur glide . Fir'd with a thousand raptures , I survey Eridanus through flowery meadows stray , The king of floods ! that , rolling o'er the plains , The towering Alps of half their moisture drains , And ...
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... o'er the hills had run , Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun , Still asking where he made his flock to rest at noon . For him at night , the dear expected guest , I had with hasty joy prepar'd the feast ; And from the cottage , o'er ...
... o'er the hills had run , Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun , Still asking where he made his flock to rest at noon . For him at night , the dear expected guest , I had with hasty joy prepar'd the feast ; And from the cottage , o'er ...
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... o'er the shoe , With nimble skill , the glossy black renew . Each power contributes to relieve the poor : With the strong bristles of the mighty boar Diana forms his brush ; the god of day A tripod gives , amid the crowded way To raise ...
... o'er the shoe , With nimble skill , the glossy black renew . Each power contributes to relieve the poor : With the strong bristles of the mighty boar Diana forms his brush ; the god of day A tripod gives , amid the crowded way To raise ...
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