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Page 71
... close them , Staring so blindly ! Dreadfully staring Thro ' muddy impurity , As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fix'd on futurity . Perishing gloomily , Spurr'd by contumely , Cold inhumanity , Burning insanity , Into her ...
... close them , Staring so blindly ! Dreadfully staring Thro ' muddy impurity , As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fix'd on futurity . Perishing gloomily , Spurr'd by contumely , Cold inhumanity , Burning insanity , Into her ...
Page 73
... tops Were close against the sky : It was a childish ignorance , But now ' tis little joy To know I'm farther off from Heav'n Than when I was a boy . 1862-3 Edition . 38 . BEN JONSON . To Celia . DRINK to THOMAS . HOOD . 73.
... tops Were close against the sky : It was a childish ignorance , But now ' tis little joy To know I'm farther off from Heav'n Than when I was a boy . 1862-3 Edition . 38 . BEN JONSON . To Celia . DRINK to THOMAS . HOOD . 73.
Page 83
... Close bosom - friend of the maturing sun ; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch- eves run ; To bend with apples the moss'd cottage - trees , And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core ...
... Close bosom - friend of the maturing sun ; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch- eves run ; To bend with apples the moss'd cottage - trees , And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core ...
Page 103
... close . X. Nature , that heard such sound , Beneath the hollow round Of Cynthia's seat , the airy region thrilling , Now was almost won To think her part was done , And that her reign had here its last ful- filling . She knew such ...
... close . X. Nature , that heard such sound , Beneath the hollow round Of Cynthia's seat , the airy region thrilling , Now was almost won To think her part was done , And that her reign had here its last ful- filling . She knew such ...
Page 125
... close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from day's garish eye , While the bee with honeyed thigh , That at her flowery work doth sing , And the waters murmuring , With such concert as they keep , Entice the ...
... close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from day's garish eye , While the bee with honeyed thigh , That at her flowery work doth sing , And the waters murmuring , With such concert as they keep , Entice the ...
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