The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... light , and will aspire . " Witness this primrose bank whereon I lie ; [ me ; These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support Two strengthless doves will draw me through the sky , From morn till night , even where I list to sport me ...
... light , and will aspire . " Witness this primrose bank whereon I lie ; [ me ; These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support Two strengthless doves will draw me through the sky , From morn till night , even where I list to sport me ...
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... light , From whom each lamp and shining star doth bor- " row The beauteous influence that makes him bright , There lives a son , that suck'd an earthly mother , May lend thee light , as thou dost lend to other . " This said , she ...
... light , From whom each lamp and shining star doth bor- " row The beauteous influence that makes him bright , There lives a son , that suck'd an earthly mother , May lend thee light , as thou dost lend to other . " This said , she ...
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... light ; And in her haste unfortunately spies The foul boar's conquest on her fair delight ; Which seen , her eyes , as murder'd with the view , Like stars asham'd of day , themselves withdrew . Or , as the snail , whose tender horns ...
... light ; And in her haste unfortunately spies The foul boar's conquest on her fair delight ; Which seen , her eyes , as murder'd with the view , Like stars asham'd of day , themselves withdrew . Or , as the snail , whose tender horns ...
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... light . He stories to her ears her husband's fame , Won in the fields of fruitful Italy ; And decks with praises Collatine's high name , Made glorious by his manly chivalry , With bruised arms and wreaths of victory : Her joy with heav ...
... light . He stories to her ears her husband's fame , Won in the fields of fruitful Italy ; And decks with praises Collatine's high name , Made glorious by his manly chivalry , With bruised arms and wreaths of victory : Her joy with heav ...
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... light : Wheber it is , that she reflects so bright , That dazzleth them , or else some shame supposed ; But bind they are , and keep themselves enclosed . O , bad they in that darksome prison died , Then had they seen the period of ...
... light : Wheber it is , that she reflects so bright , That dazzleth them , or else some shame supposed ; But bind they are , and keep themselves enclosed . O , bad they in that darksome prison died , Then had they seen the period of ...
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