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... pain . But see how oft ambitious aims are crossed , And chiefs contend till all the prize is lost ! The lock , obtained with guilt , and kept with pain , In every place is sought , but sought in vain : With such a prize no mortal must ...
... pain . But see how oft ambitious aims are crossed , And chiefs contend till all the prize is lost ! The lock , obtained with guilt , and kept with pain , In every place is sought , but sought in vain : With such a prize no mortal must ...
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... pain ! O wanderer from a Grecian shore , Still , after many years , in distant lands , Still nourishing in thy bewilder'd brain That wild , unquench'd , deep - sunken , old - world pain— Say , will it never heal ? And can this fragrant ...
... pain ! O wanderer from a Grecian shore , Still , after many years , in distant lands , Still nourishing in thy bewilder'd brain That wild , unquench'd , deep - sunken , old - world pain— Say , will it never heal ? And can this fragrant ...
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... pain ! Take me , cowled forms , and fence me round , Till I possess my soul again ; Till free my thoughts before me roll , Not chafed by hourly false control ! For the world cries your faith is now But a dead time's exploded dream ; My ...
... pain ! Take me , cowled forms , and fence me round , Till I possess my soul again ; Till free my thoughts before me roll , Not chafed by hourly false control ! For the world cries your faith is now But a dead time's exploded dream ; My ...
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PREFACE | 1 |
INTRODUCTION TO NARRATIVE POETRY | 38 |
EDMUND SPENSER | 42 |
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