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... Melancholy 44. La Belle Dame sans Merci 45. Sonnet LAMB ( 1775-1834 ) . • 46. The Old Familiar Faces LANDOR ( 1775-1864 ) . 47. The Maid's Lament LOVELACE ( 1618–1658 ) . • 48. To Lucasta . Going to the Wars MILTON ( 1608-1674 ) . 49 ...
... Melancholy 44. La Belle Dame sans Merci 45. Sonnet LAMB ( 1775-1834 ) . • 46. The Old Familiar Faces LANDOR ( 1775-1864 ) . 47. The Maid's Lament LOVELACE ( 1618–1658 ) . • 48. To Lucasta . Going to the Wars MILTON ( 1608-1674 ) . 49 ...
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... rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth , And melancholy mark'd him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , THOMAS GRAY . 57.
... rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth , And melancholy mark'd him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , THOMAS GRAY . 57.
Page 85
... Melancholy . I. No , no , go not to Lethe , neither twist Wolf's - bane , tight - rooted , for its poisonous wine ; Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss'd By nightshade , ruby grape of Proserpine ; Make not your rosary of yew ...
... Melancholy . I. No , no , go not to Lethe , neither twist Wolf's - bane , tight - rooted , for its poisonous wine ; Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss'd By nightshade , ruby grape of Proserpine ; Make not your rosary of yew ...
Page 86
... melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud , That fosters the droop - headed flowers all , And hides the green hill in an April shroud ; Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose , Or on the rainbow of the salt sand ...
... melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud , That fosters the droop - headed flowers all , And hides the green hill in an April shroud ; Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose , Or on the rainbow of the salt sand ...
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... Melancholy has her sovran shrine , Though seen of none save him whose stren- uous tongue Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine ; His soul shall taste the sadness of her might , And be among her cloudy trophies hung . 44 . La ...
... Melancholy has her sovran shrine , Though seen of none save him whose stren- uous tongue Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine ; His soul shall taste the sadness of her might , And be among her cloudy trophies hung . 44 . La ...
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