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Page 196
... breath , and catch my flying soul ! Ah no - in sacred vestments mayst thou stand , The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand , Present the cross before my lifted eye , Teach me at once , and learn of me , to die . Ah then , thy once ...
... breath , and catch my flying soul ! Ah no - in sacred vestments mayst thou stand , The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand , Present the cross before my lifted eye , Teach me at once , and learn of me , to die . Ah then , thy once ...
Page 263
... breath revives him , or a breath o'erthrows . Farewell the stage ! if just as thrives the play , The silly bard grows fat , or falls away . There still remains , to mortify a wit , The many - headed monster of the pit : 280 285 290 295 ...
... breath revives him , or a breath o'erthrows . Farewell the stage ! if just as thrives the play , The silly bard grows fat , or falls away . There still remains , to mortify a wit , The many - headed monster of the pit : 280 285 290 295 ...
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... breathing in the humble grass , Answer'd the lovely maid and said : " I am a wat❜ry weed , And I am very small and love ... breath doth nourish the innocent lamb , he smells thy milky garments , He crops thy flowers while thou sittest ...
... breathing in the humble grass , Answer'd the lovely maid and said : " I am a wat❜ry weed , And I am very small and love ... breath doth nourish the innocent lamb , he smells thy milky garments , He crops thy flowers while thou sittest ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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