Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors ; from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 2Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... sound so dreary ! Doors creak , and windows clap , and night's foul bird , Rocked in the spire , screams loud : the gloomy aisles , Black - plastered , and hung round with shreds of ' scutcheons , And tattered coats of arms , send back ...
... sound so dreary ! Doors creak , and windows clap , and night's foul bird , Rocked in the spire , screams loud : the gloomy aisles , Black - plastered , and hung round with shreds of ' scutcheons , And tattered coats of arms , send back ...
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... sound on high . Ten thousand cherubs wait his course , Chariots of fire and flaming horse : Earth trembles ; and her mountains flow , At his approach , like melting snow . But who those frowns of wrath can draw , That strike heaven ...
... sound on high . Ten thousand cherubs wait his course , Chariots of fire and flaming horse : Earth trembles ; and her mountains flow , At his approach , like melting snow . But who those frowns of wrath can draw , That strike heaven ...
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... sound . If heard aright , It is the knell of my departed hours . Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood . It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarmed , and o'er life's ...
... sound . If heard aright , It is the knell of my departed hours . Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood . It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarmed , and o'er life's ...
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... Sound His stupendous praise , whose greater voice WILLIAM HAMILTON . Others of his amatory strains are full 18 FROM 1727 TO 1780 . CYCLOPÆDIA OF Benevolent Reflections, from Winter, Hymn on the Seasons, Epitaph on Mrs Mason, in the ...
... Sound His stupendous praise , whose greater voice WILLIAM HAMILTON . Others of his amatory strains are full 18 FROM 1727 TO 1780 . CYCLOPÆDIA OF Benevolent Reflections, from Winter, Hymn on the Seasons, Epitaph on Mrs Mason, in the ...
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... sound ; the broad responsive low , Ye valleys , raise ; for the Great Shepherd reigns , And his unsuffering kingdom yet will come . Ye woodlands , all awake ; a boundless song Burst from the groves ; and when the restless day , Expiring ...
... sound ; the broad responsive low , Ye valleys , raise ; for the Great Shepherd reigns , And his unsuffering kingdom yet will come . Ye woodlands , all awake ; a boundless song Burst from the groves ; and when the restless day , Expiring ...
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