The Book of Restoration VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite Brentano's, 1910 - 864 pages |
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Page 24
... king Keeps register of everything , And nothing may we use in vain ; Even beasts must be with justice slain ; Else men are made their deodands . Though they should wash their guilty hands In this warm life - blood which doth part From ...
... king Keeps register of everything , And nothing may we use in vain ; Even beasts must be with justice slain ; Else men are made their deodands . Though they should wash their guilty hands In this warm life - blood which doth part From ...
Page 33
... king , So all foreign claims to drown ; So to make all rivals vain , Now I crown thee with my love : Crown me with thy love again , And we both shall monarchs prove . The Spring A. Marvell THO HOUGH you be absent here , I needs must say ...
... king , So all foreign claims to drown ; So to make all rivals vain , Now I crown thee with my love : Crown me with thy love again , And we both shall monarchs prove . The Spring A. Marvell THO HOUGH you be absent here , I needs must say ...
Page 60
... king of bees , now jealous grown Lest her beams should melt his throne , And finding that his tribute slacks , ( His burgesses and state of wax Turned to a hospital , the combs Built rank and file like beadsmen's rooms . And what they ...
... king of bees , now jealous grown Lest her beams should melt his throne , And finding that his tribute slacks , ( His burgesses and state of wax Turned to a hospital , the combs Built rank and file like beadsmen's rooms . And what they ...
Page 100
... king , and nature , chose Lord Chancellor of both their laws , And boldly undertook the injur'd pupil's cause . Authority , which did a body boast , Though ' twas but air condens'd and stalked about , Like some old giant's more gigantic ...
... king , and nature , chose Lord Chancellor of both their laws , And boldly undertook the injur'd pupil's cause . Authority , which did a body boast , Though ' twas but air condens'd and stalked about , Like some old giant's more gigantic ...
Page 158
... kings want ease , subjects must bear a part . What though I cannot see my King , Neither in person nor in coin ; Yet contemplation is a thing That renders what I have not , mine : My King from me what adamant can part , Whom I do wear ...
... kings want ease , subjects must bear a part . What though I cannot see my King , Neither in person nor in coin ; Yet contemplation is a thing That renders what I have not , mine : My King from me what adamant can part , Whom I do wear ...
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The Book of Restoration Verse: Chosen and Edited with Notes (Classic Reprint) William Stanley Braithwaite No preview available - 2017 |
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