Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1880 |
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Page 13
... fire . ' The well - washed stools , a circling row , With lad and lass , how fair the show ! The merry can of nut - brown ale , The laughing jest , the love - sick tale : ' Till , tired of chat , the game begins , The lasses prick the ...
... fire . ' The well - washed stools , a circling row , With lad and lass , how fair the show ! The merry can of nut - brown ale , The laughing jest , the love - sick tale : ' Till , tired of chat , the game begins , The lasses prick the ...
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... fire that plays about the fen ; If at this moment of their idle fear The dog seize the wolf , the forester the lion , The negro , in the crevice of the rock , Seize on the soaring eagle , undone by flight They tame submit - such the ...
... fire that plays about the fen ; If at this moment of their idle fear The dog seize the wolf , the forester the lion , The negro , in the crevice of the rock , Seize on the soaring eagle , undone by flight They tame submit - such the ...
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... fires of Troy , ( Like lions rous'd by lightning from their dens , Whose eyes do glare against the stormy fires ... fire , Like as a forest roars with crackling flames , When the red lightning borne by furious storms Lights on some ...
... fires of Troy , ( Like lions rous'd by lightning from their dens , Whose eyes do glare against the stormy fires ... fire , Like as a forest roars with crackling flames , When the red lightning borne by furious storms Lights on some ...
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... fire into the molten raging sea . Our fathers , sweating , lean on their spears and view The mighty dead : giant bodies streaming blood , Dread visages frowning in silent death . Then Brutus speaks , inspired ; our fathers sit Attentive ...
... fire into the molten raging sea . Our fathers , sweating , lean on their spears and view The mighty dead : giant bodies streaming blood , Dread visages frowning in silent death . Then Brutus speaks , inspired ; our fathers sit Attentive ...
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... fire within thine eyes ? On what wings dared he aspire ? What the hand dared seize the fire ? And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews of thy heart ? When thy heart began to beat , What dread hand formed thy dread feet ...
... fire within thine eyes ? On what wings dared he aspire ? What the hand dared seize the fire ? And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews of thy heart ? When thy heart began to beat , What dread hand formed thy dread feet ...
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Abel Act directs March Adam Adam and Eve ancient angels Artist babe beauty beneath Blake N3 Fountain bright Butts called character Chaucer child Christ cloud colour Colour-printed Correggio dark Death delight divine dost doth drawing earth echoing green engraved eternal execution eyes father fear female figure flame Fountain Court Strand Giulio Romano golden grave hand head heaven Henry Baillie holy human Human Abstract imagination Indian ink infant invention labour Lamb Last Judgment light Linnell Lyca Michael Angelo morning mortal mother N3 Fountain Court naked never night NUMBER o'er painter painting picture Pity poem Rembrandt represent round Rubens Satan seen serpent shine sleep smile song Songs of Experience sorrow soul Spirit stands sweet tears Tempera thee Thel things thou Titian tree Virgin vision water-colour weep Wife of Bath William Blake woman youth