Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1880 |
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... falling , kissed the ground , poor fool ! She blushed so red , with side - long glance At hob - nail Dick who grieved the chance . But now for Blind - man's Buff they call ; Of each incumbrance clear the hall ! Jenny her silken ...
... falling , kissed the ground , poor fool ! She blushed so red , with side - long glance At hob - nail Dick who grieved the chance . But now for Blind - man's Buff they call ; Of each incumbrance clear the hall ! Jenny her silken ...
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... fall , We fall with glory : for I know the wolf Is dangerous to fight , not good for food , Nor is the hide a comely vestment ; so We have our battle for our pains . I know That youth has need of age to point fit prey , And oft the ...
... fall , We fall with glory : for I know the wolf Is dangerous to fight , not good for food , Nor is the hide a comely vestment ; so We have our battle for our pains . I know That youth has need of age to point fit prey , And oft the ...
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... fall . Sir Walter . I know this breathing flesh must lie and rot Cover'd with silence and forgetfulness.- Death wons in cities ' smoke , and in still night , When men sleep in their beds , walketh about ! How many in walled cities lie ...
... fall . Sir Walter . I know this breathing flesh must lie and rot Cover'd with silence and forgetfulness.- Death wons in cities ' smoke , and in still night , When men sleep in their beds , walketh about ! How many in walled cities lie ...
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... fall shall rise in victory . Sir Walter . I've often seen the burning field of war And often heard the dismal clang of arms ; But never , till this fatal day of Cressy , Has my soul fainted with these views of death . I seem to be in ...
... fall shall rise in victory . Sir Walter . I've often seen the burning field of war And often heard the dismal clang of arms ; But never , till this fatal day of Cressy , Has my soul fainted with these views of death . I seem to be in ...
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... falling tear , And not feel my sorrows share ? Can a father see his child Weep , nor be with sorrow fill'd ? Can a mother sit and hear , An infant groan , an infant fear ? No , no ! never can it be ! Never , never can it be ! And can He ...
... falling tear , And not feel my sorrows share ? Can a father see his child Weep , nor be with sorrow fill'd ? Can a mother sit and hear , An infant groan , an infant fear ? No , no ! never can it be ! Never , never can it be ! And can He ...
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Abel Accessories Act directs March Adam and Eve ancient angels appears arms Artist beautiful begun in colour beneath Blake N3 Fountain Book Butts Catalogue character Chaucer Christ cloud Colour-printed colourless composition Correggio crowned Dante dark Death devils divine drawing earth engraved eternal execution eyes face father female figure fire flame Fountain Court Strand Fresco Giulio Romano grand hand head heaven Hell Henry Baillie Holy human imagination Indian ink infant invention kneels labour Laocoön Last Judgment light Linnell look Lord Michael Angelo Mnetha Moses N3 Fountain Court naked never night painter painting picture Plates poem Rembrandt represented round Rubens Satan seen serpent sketch sleep smile song Songs of Experience soul spirit stands sweet tears Tempera thee thou tints Tiriel Titian tree Virgil Virgin vision water-colour weep Wife of Bath William Blake woman young youth