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... , - Him whose school above the rest His loveliest elfin queen has blest ; - One , only one , unrivalled fair , Might hope the magic girdle wear , At solemn tourney hung on high , The wish of 5 * ODES . 49 Ode on the Poetical Character,
... , - Him whose school above the rest His loveliest elfin queen has blest ; - One , only one , unrivalled fair , Might hope the magic girdle wear , At solemn tourney hung on high , The wish of 5 * ODES . 49 Ode on the Poetical Character,
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William Collins. At solemn tourney hung on high , The wish of each love - darting eye ; - Lo ! to each other nymph , in turn , applied , As if , in air unseen , some hovering hand , Some chaste and angel friend to virgin fame , With ...
William Collins. At solemn tourney hung on high , The wish of each love - darting eye ; - Lo ! to each other nymph , in turn , applied , As if , in air unseen , some hovering hand , Some chaste and angel friend to virgin fame , With ...
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... wishes blest ! When Spring , with dewy fingers cold , Returns to deck their hallowed mould , She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod . By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ...
... wishes blest ! When Spring , with dewy fingers cold , Returns to deck their hallowed mould , She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod . By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ...
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... wish the avenging fight . But , lo ! where , sunk in deep despair , Her garments torn , her bosom bare , Impatient Freedom lies ! Her matted tresses madly spread , To every sod , which wraps the dead , She turns her joyless eyes . Ne'er ...
... wish the avenging fight . But , lo ! where , sunk in deep despair , Her garments torn , her bosom bare , Impatient Freedom lies ! Her matted tresses madly spread , To every sod , which wraps the dead , She turns her joyless eyes . Ne'er ...
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... wish him lasting truth , And joy untainted with his destined bride . Go ! nor regardless , while these numbers boast My short - lived bliss , forget my social name ; But think , far off , how , on the southern coast , I met thy ...
... wish him lasting truth , And joy untainted with his destined bride . Go ! nor regardless , while these numbers boast My short - lived bliss , forget my social name ; But think , far off , how , on the southern coast , I met thy ...
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