The Book of Restoration VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite Brentano's, 1910 - 864 pages |
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William Stanley Braithwaite. 15 . The Nymph Complaining For the Death of Her Fawn HE wanton troopers riding by THE Have shot my fawn , and it will die . Ungentle men ! they cannot thrive Who killed thee . Thou ne'er didst alive Them any ...
William Stanley Braithwaite. 15 . The Nymph Complaining For the Death of Her Fawn HE wanton troopers riding by THE Have shot my fawn , and it will die . Ungentle men ! they cannot thrive Who killed thee . Thou ne'er didst alive Them any ...
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... Nymphs in the watery sphere that move , Or angels in their orbs above ; The winged chariot of the light , Or the slow silent wheels of night ; The shade which from the swifter sun Doth in a circular motion run , Or souls that their ...
... Nymphs in the watery sphere that move , Or angels in their orbs above ; The winged chariot of the light , Or the slow silent wheels of night ; The shade which from the swifter sun Doth in a circular motion run , Or souls that their ...
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... nymphs their sport pursue . Leave th ' Aonian cave behind ( Come , O come with willing mind ! ) And the Thespian rocks , whence drill Aganippe waters still . Chastest virgins , you that are Either for to make or mar , Make the air with ...
... nymphs their sport pursue . Leave th ' Aonian cave behind ( Come , O come with willing mind ! ) And the Thespian rocks , whence drill Aganippe waters still . Chastest virgins , you that are Either for to make or mar , Make the air with ...
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... Nymphs deckt with Daisies trim , Their merry wakes and pastimes keep : What hath night to do with sleep ? Night hath better sweets to prove , Venus now wakes , and wak'ns Love . Com let us our rights begin , ' Tis onely day - light that ...
... Nymphs deckt with Daisies trim , Their merry wakes and pastimes keep : What hath night to do with sleep ? Night hath better sweets to prove , Venus now wakes , and wak'ns Love . Com let us our rights begin , ' Tis onely day - light that ...
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... Nymph that liv'st unseen Within the airy shell By slow Meander's margent green , And in the violet imbroider'd vale Where the love - lorn Nightingale Nightly to thee her sad Song mourneth well . Canst thou not tell me of a gentle Pair ...
... Nymph that liv'st unseen Within the airy shell By slow Meander's margent green , And in the violet imbroider'd vale Where the love - lorn Nightingale Nightly to thee her sad Song mourneth well . Canst thou not tell me of a gentle Pair ...
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