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... fear'd to pass ; Nor fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands , When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands . But , O my Muse , what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drum's ...
... fear'd to pass ; Nor fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands , When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands . But , O my Muse , what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drum's ...
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... fear , Lest truth , by chance , should interfere . If any stranger dar'd intrude , 125 130 The noisy cur his heels pursu'd . Now fierce with rage , now struck with dread , 135 At once he snarl'd , [ he ] bit , and fled . Aloof he bays ...
... fear , Lest truth , by chance , should interfere . If any stranger dar'd intrude , 125 130 The noisy cur his heels pursu'd . Now fierce with rage , now struck with dread , 135 At once he snarl'd , [ he ] bit , and fled . Aloof he bays ...
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... fears , creating fear Forms out of nothing ; and with monsters teems Unknown in hell . The prostrate soul beneath A load of huge imagination heaves ; And all the horrors that the murderer feels With anxious flutterings wake the ...
... fears , creating fear Forms out of nothing ; and with monsters teems Unknown in hell . The prostrate soul beneath A load of huge imagination heaves ; And all the horrors that the murderer feels With anxious flutterings wake the ...
Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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