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... fair Albion , ' midst the raging main , Surveys encircling danger with disdain . In vain the waves assault the unmoved shore , In vain the winds with mingled fury roar , Fair Albion's beauteous cliffs shine whiter than before . Nor ...
... fair Albion , ' midst the raging main , Surveys encircling danger with disdain . In vain the waves assault the unmoved shore , In vain the winds with mingled fury roar , Fair Albion's beauteous cliffs shine whiter than before . Nor ...
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... Fair Stranger SONGS . On the Young Statesmen . Written in 1680 A Song for St. Cecilia's day , 1687 . To the pious memory of the accomplished young Lady , Mrs. Anne Killigrew Dedication to Eleonora . Inscribed to the Earl of Abingdon ...
... Fair Stranger SONGS . On the Young Statesmen . Written in 1680 A Song for St. Cecilia's day , 1687 . To the pious memory of the accomplished young Lady , Mrs. Anne Killigrew Dedication to Eleonora . Inscribed to the Earl of Abingdon ...
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... fair acts unsought rewards did join , Rewards that less to him than us were given . Our former chiefs , like sticklers of the war , First sought t ' inflame the parties , then to poise , The quarrel loved , but did the cause abhor , And ...
... fair acts unsought rewards did join , Rewards that less to him than us were given . Our former chiefs , like sticklers of the war , First sought t ' inflame the parties , then to poise , The quarrel loved , but did the cause abhor , And ...
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... fair war , or even so much as fair quarter , from a reader of the opposite party . All men are engaged either on this side or that : and though Conscience is the common word which is given by both , yet if a writer fall among enemies ...
... fair war , or even so much as fair quarter , from a reader of the opposite party . All men are engaged either on this side or that : and though Conscience is the common word which is given by both , yet if a writer fall among enemies ...
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... fair estate . The sense is intricate ; ' tis only clear What vowels and what consonants are there ; Therefore ' tis plain its meaning must be try'd Before some judge appointed to decide . Suppose , the fair Apostate said , I grant The ...
... fair estate . The sense is intricate ; ' tis only clear What vowels and what consonants are there ; Therefore ' tis plain its meaning must be try'd Before some judge appointed to decide . Suppose , the fair Apostate said , I grant The ...
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