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... flame inspired the king , Of whom thy Muse does so sublimely sing : Not David's self could in a nobler verse His gloriously - offending son rehearse , Though in his breast the prophet's fury met , The father's fondness , and the poet's ...
... flame inspired the king , Of whom thy Muse does so sublimely sing : Not David's self could in a nobler verse His gloriously - offending son rehearse , Though in his breast the prophet's fury met , The father's fondness , and the poet's ...
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... flames and virgin love did wed . For his long absence Church and State did groan ; Madness the pulpit , Faction seized the throne ; Experienced age in deep despair was lost , To see the rebel thrive , the loyal cross'd : Youth that with ...
... flames and virgin love did wed . For his long absence Church and State did groan ; Madness the pulpit , Faction seized the throne ; Experienced age in deep despair was lost , To see the rebel thrive , the loyal cross'd : Youth that with ...
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... flame . Not so the Holland fleet , who , tired and done , Stretch'd on their decks , like weary oxen lie ; Faint sweats all down their mighty members run , ( Vast bulks , which little souls but ill supply . ) In dreams they fearful ...
... flame . Not so the Holland fleet , who , tired and done , Stretch'd on their decks , like weary oxen lie ; Faint sweats all down their mighty members run , ( Vast bulks , which little souls but ill supply . ) In dreams they fearful ...
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... flames that to our ruin rose . Then in some close - pent room it crept along , And mouldering as it went , in silence fed ; Till th ' infant monster , with devouring strong , Walk'd boldly upright with exalted head . Now , like some ...
... flames that to our ruin rose . Then in some close - pent room it crept along , And mouldering as it went , in silence fed ; Till th ' infant monster , with devouring strong , Walk'd boldly upright with exalted head . Now , like some ...
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... flame . " let it be enough what thou hast done ! When spotted deaths ran arm'd through every street , With poison'd darts , which not the good could shun , The speedy could outfly or valiant meet . " The living few , and frequent ...
... flame . " let it be enough what thou hast done ! When spotted deaths ran arm'd through every street , With poison'd darts , which not the good could shun , The speedy could outfly or valiant meet . " The living few , and frequent ...
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