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... appear , But what success Vanessa met , Is to the world a secret yet . Whether the nymph , to please her swain , Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends ; 821 Or to compound the ...
... appear , But what success Vanessa met , Is to the world a secret yet . Whether the nymph , to please her swain , Talks in a high romantic strain ; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends ; 821 Or to compound the ...
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... appears ; Now close behind , his sounding steps she hears ; And now his shadow reach'd her as she run , His shadow ... appear , No lake so gentle , and no spring so clear . Nor Po so swells the fabling poet's lays , While led along the ...
... appears ; Now close behind , his sounding steps she hears ; And now his shadow reach'd her as she run , His shadow ... appear , No lake so gentle , and no spring so clear . Nor Po so swells the fabling poet's lays , While led along the ...
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... appear , 255 As he who now with ' sdainful fury thrill'd Surveys mine work ; and levels many a sneer , 260 And furls his wrinkly front , and cries , " What stuff is here ? " But now Dan Phoebus gains the middle skie , And liberty unbars ...
... appear , 255 As he who now with ' sdainful fury thrill'd Surveys mine work ; and levels many a sneer , 260 And furls his wrinkly front , and cries , " What stuff is here ? " But now Dan Phoebus gains the middle skie , And liberty unbars ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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