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... fear , is doubly hazardous in the case of a poet remarkable for abrupt transitions , studied peculiarity , if not ob- scurity , of expression , and displaying in many cases a spirit of pedantry that delights in drawing from obscure ...
... fear , is doubly hazardous in the case of a poet remarkable for abrupt transitions , studied peculiarity , if not ob- scurity , of expression , and displaying in many cases a spirit of pedantry that delights in drawing from obscure ...
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... fear'd to wake her slumber deep , For well I knew her wrath would make me weep ; So I stood gazing all transported ... fear'd , fond fool , some hidden danger nigh , Fear'd she might dream of nightly terrors still— A rival wooing her ...
... fear'd to wake her slumber deep , For well I knew her wrath would make me weep ; So I stood gazing all transported ... fear'd , fond fool , some hidden danger nigh , Fear'd she might dream of nightly terrors still— A rival wooing her ...
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... fears ! Then will thy faltering tongue refuse its part , Nor wilt thou know thy name , or whence thou art . Then all stern Cynthia's whims wilt thou deplore , Returning home an outcast from her door ! Then wilt thou mock no more these ...
... fears ! Then will thy faltering tongue refuse its part , Nor wilt thou know thy name , or whence thou art . Then all stern Cynthia's whims wilt thou deplore , Returning home an outcast from her door ! Then wilt thou mock no more these ...
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... fear an all - accomplish'd maid . Read me , ye lovers all ! then cease to pine , And heal your sorrows by the tale of mine . But oh ! if e'er the love - god for his prey Should mark thee too - kind Heaven avert the day ! - Then wilt ...
... fear an all - accomplish'd maid . Read me , ye lovers all ! then cease to pine , And heal your sorrows by the tale of mine . But oh ! if e'er the love - god for his prey Should mark thee too - kind Heaven avert the day ! - Then wilt ...
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... fear'd in me no babbler rude , The confidant will speak his gratitude . ' Tis safe with me , the love that bids ye weep ; Yet can I do still more than secrets keep , For lovers ' quarrels I can mend once more , And break the churlish ...
... fear'd in me no babbler rude , The confidant will speak his gratitude . ' Tis safe with me , the love that bids ye weep ; Yet can I do still more than secrets keep , For lovers ' quarrels I can mend once more , And break the churlish ...
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arms bade beauty beneath Bishop bliss Boötes bore Brasenose College breast brow Cæsar Callimachus Cambridge canst charm Cheltenham College Church Church of England Crown 8vo Cynthia dark death Dost E'en e'er Edward Meyrick Goulburn eyes fair fall false fame fate fear fire golden hair hear heart Heaven Henry Parry Liddon Holy John Henry Blunt Jove late Fellow Lecturer life's London Lord love's lovers lyre maid maidens mark'd Merton College methinks Muses ne'er never night nought o'er once Oxford Phoebus poor prayers Propertius roam Roman Rome Sackville College Second Edition Sermons shade shame shore shrine sing sleep Small 8vo soft song spurn stern stream tale Tarpeia tears tell thee thine thou art thou wilt throng tomb Trinity College Twas Venus wave weary weep wilt thou wine woo'd wouldst wrath yield yore
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