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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Page 17
... wide - water'd shore , Swinging slow with. L'ALLEGRO . HENCE , loathed Melancholy , Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born , In Stygian cave forlorn , Then to come , in spite of sorrow , And at my window bid good - morrow , Through the ...
... wide - water'd shore , Swinging slow with. L'ALLEGRO . HENCE , loathed Melancholy , Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born , In Stygian cave forlorn , Then to come , in spite of sorrow , And at my window bid good - morrow , Through the ...
Page 35
... wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets , fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus , yielded light As from a sky . The ...
... wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets , fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus , yielded light As from a sky . The ...
Page 39
... Wide gaping , and with utter loss of being Threatens him , plung'd in that abortive gulf . If thence he ' scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers , and as hard escape ? But I should ill ...
... Wide gaping , and with utter loss of being Threatens him , plung'd in that abortive gulf . If thence he ' scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers , and as hard escape ? But I should ill ...
Page 40
... wide That dismal world , if any clime perhaps Might yield them easier habitation , bend Four ways their flying march , along the banks Of four infernal rivers , that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams : Abhorred Styx ...
... wide That dismal world , if any clime perhaps Might yield them easier habitation , bend Four ways their flying march , along the banks Of four infernal rivers , that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams : Abhorred Styx ...
Page 42
... wide they stood , and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame . Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark Illimitable ocean , without bound , Without dimension , where length ...
... wide they stood , and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame . Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark Illimitable ocean , without bound , Without dimension , where length ...
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