Poetical Works, 3. numberHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 1095 pages |
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Page 149
... crimes create , And guilt in them was little less than fate ; But why shouldst thou , from ev'ry griev- ance free , Forsake thy vineyards for their stormy sea ? For thee did Canaan's milk and honey flow ; Love dress'd thy bow'rs , and ...
... crimes create , And guilt in them was little less than fate ; But why shouldst thou , from ev'ry griev- ance free , Forsake thy vineyards for their stormy sea ? For thee did Canaan's milk and honey flow ; Love dress'd thy bow'rs , and ...
Page 346
... crimes is due , Which they thro ' wrath , or thro ' revenge pursue . For , weak of reason , impotent of will , The sex is hurried headlong into ill ; And , like a cliff from its foundations torn By raging earthquakes , into seas is ...
... crimes is due , Which they thro ' wrath , or thro ' revenge pursue . For , weak of reason , impotent of will , The sex is hurried headlong into ill ; And , like a cliff from its foundations torn By raging earthquakes , into seas is ...
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... crime I punish , and a crime commit ; But blood for blood , and death for death is fit ; Great crimes must be with greater crimes repaid , And second funerals on the former laid . Let the whole household in one ruin fall , And may ...
... crime I punish , and a crime commit ; But blood for blood , and death for death is fit ; Great crimes must be with greater crimes repaid , And second funerals on the former laid . Let the whole household in one ruin fall , And may ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH | xvii |
EARLY POEMS | liv |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD | 1 |
Copyright | |
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