Select Works of the British PoetsLongman, 1826 - 807 pages |
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... reign ; Then , the straggler makes his gain , By presenting maids with toys , And would have think them joys : ye ' Tis the ambition of the elf , To have all childish , as himself . FIRST GRACE . If by these ye please to know him ...
... reign ; Then , the straggler makes his gain , By presenting maids with toys , And would have think them joys : ye ' Tis the ambition of the elf , To have all childish , as himself . FIRST GRACE . If by these ye please to know him ...
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... reign at once began ; Alternately they sway'd , And sometimes Mary was the fair , And sometimes Anne the crown did wear , And sometimes both I obey'd . Another Mary then arose , And did rigorous laws impose ; A mighty tyrant she ! Long ...
... reign at once began ; Alternately they sway'd , And sometimes Mary was the fair , And sometimes Anne the crown did wear , And sometimes both I obey'd . Another Mary then arose , And did rigorous laws impose ; A mighty tyrant she ! Long ...
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... reign , and , me preferring , His utmost power with adverse power oppos'd In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; the unconquerable will , And study of revenge ...
... reign , and , me preferring , His utmost power with adverse power oppos'd In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; the unconquerable will , And study of revenge ...
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... reign secure , and , in my choice , To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . But wherefore let we then our faithful friends , The associates and copartners of our loss , Lie thus ...
... reign secure , and , in my choice , To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . But wherefore let we then our faithful friends , The associates and copartners of our loss , Lie thus ...
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... reign'd : these first in Crete And Ida known , thence on the snowy top Of bold Olympus , rul'd the middle air , Their highest Heaven ; or on the Delphian cliff , Or in Dodona , and through all the bounds Of Doric land : or who with ...
... reign'd : these first in Crete And Ida known , thence on the snowy top Of bold Olympus , rul'd the middle air , Their highest Heaven ; or on the Delphian cliff , Or in Dodona , and through all the bounds Of Doric land : or who with ...
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