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... delight and sweetness . My logic then has lost its aim , If sweet and bitter be the same : And he , methinks , is no great scholar , Who can mistake desire for choler . " The like may of the heart be said ; Courage and terror there are ...
... delight and sweetness . My logic then has lost its aim , If sweet and bitter be the same : And he , methinks , is no great scholar , Who can mistake desire for choler . " The like may of the heart be said ; Courage and terror there are ...
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... delight , Blest man ! whose spotless life and charming lays And plays in more unbounded verse , and takes a nobler flight 50 Employ'd the tuneful prelate in thy praise : Blest man ! who now shalt be forever known , In Sprat's successful ...
... delight , Blest man ! whose spotless life and charming lays And plays in more unbounded verse , and takes a nobler flight 50 Employ'd the tuneful prelate in thy praise : Blest man ! who now shalt be forever known , In Sprat's successful ...
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... delight , and sighs that waft to Heav'n . Grace shines around her with serenest beams , And whisp'ring angels prompt her golden dreams . For her th ' unfading rose of Eden blooms , And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes , 215 For her ...
... delight , and sighs that waft to Heav'n . Grace shines around her with serenest beams , And whisp'ring angels prompt her golden dreams . For her th ' unfading rose of Eden blooms , And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes , 215 For her ...
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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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