Select poets of Great BritainThomas Davison, 1825 - 562 pages |
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... wings ; And after him , owls and night - ravens flew , The hateful messengers of heavy things , Of death and dolour telling sad tidings ; While sad Celeno , sitting on a clift , A song of bale and bitter sorrow sings , That heart of ...
... wings ; And after him , owls and night - ravens flew , The hateful messengers of heavy things , Of death and dolour telling sad tidings ; While sad Celeno , sitting on a clift , A song of bale and bitter sorrow sings , That heart of ...
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... wings Had borne him , or his tract she might detect : She promis'd kisses sweet and sweeter things Unto the man , that of him tidings to her brings . First she him sought in courts , where most he used Whylome to haunt , but there she ...
... wings Had borne him , or his tract she might detect : She promis'd kisses sweet and sweeter things Unto the man , that of him tidings to her brings . First she him sought in courts , where most he used Whylome to haunt , but there she ...
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... wings , that he no more shall fly . " Whom when as Venus saw so sore displeased , She inly sorry was , and gan relent What she had said ; so her she soon appeased , With sugred words and gentle blandishment , Which as a fountain from ...
... wings , that he no more shall fly . " Whom when as Venus saw so sore displeased , She inly sorry was , and gan relent What she had said ; so her she soon appeased , With sugred words and gentle blandishment , Which as a fountain from ...
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... wings display'd , And flew away , as lightly as the wind : Which sudden accident him much dismay'd , If heaven , then none may it redress or blame , Since to his power we all are subject born : If wrathful wight , then foul rebuke and ...
... wings display'd , And flew away , as lightly as the wind : Which sudden accident him much dismay'd , If heaven , then none may it redress or blame , Since to his power we all are subject born : If wrathful wight , then foul rebuke and ...
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... wings of borrow'd wit . I'll make my own feathers rear me Whither others ' cannot bear me . Yet I'll keep my skill in store , Till I've seen some winters more . Roget . But in earnest mean'st thou so ? Then thou art not wise , I trow ...
... wings of borrow'd wit . I'll make my own feathers rear me Whither others ' cannot bear me . Yet I'll keep my skill in store , Till I've seen some winters more . Roget . But in earnest mean'st thou so ? Then thou art not wise , I trow ...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To Which Are Prefixed, Critical Notices of ... William Hazlitt No preview available - 2018 |
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