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Page 97
... bring ; For so the holy sages once did sing , That he our deadly forfeit should release , And with his Father work us a perpetual peace . II . That glorious form , that light unsufferable , And that far - beaming blaze of majesty ...
... bring ; For so the holy sages once did sing , That he our deadly forfeit should release , And with his Father work us a perpetual peace . II . That glorious form , that light unsufferable , And that far - beaming blaze of majesty ...
Page 113
... bring with thee Jest , and youthful Jollity , Quips , and Cranks , and wanton Wiles , Nods and Becks , and wreathed Smiles - Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport , that wrinkled Care derides , And ...
... bring with thee Jest , and youthful Jollity , Quips , and Cranks , and wanton Wiles , Nods and Becks , and wreathed Smiles - Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport , that wrinkled Care derides , And ...
Page 121
... bring Him that yon soars on golden wing , Guiding the fiery - wheeled throne , The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along , ' Less Philomel will deign a song , In her sweetest , saddest plight , Smoothing the rugged brow ...
... bring Him that yon soars on golden wing , Guiding the fiery - wheeled throne , The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along , ' Less Philomel will deign a song , In her sweetest , saddest plight , Smoothing the rugged brow ...
Page 125
... bring To arched walks of twilight groves , And shadows brown , that Sylvan loves , Of pine , or monumental oak , Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallowed haunt ...
... bring To arched walks of twilight groves , And shadows brown , that Sylvan loves , Of pine , or monumental oak , Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallowed haunt ...
Page 126
... bring all Heaven before mine eyes . And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage , The hairy gown and mossy cell , Where I may sit , and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew , And every herb that sips the ...
... bring all Heaven before mine eyes . And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage , The hairy gown and mossy cell , Where I may sit , and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew , And every herb that sips the ...
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The Hundred Best English Poems Adam L. Gowans,Thomas Y. Crowell and Company No preview available - 2019 |
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