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... poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called " Love's ...
... poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called " Love's ...
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... poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whose acquaintance all his cotemporaries seem to have been ambitious ; and " Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it was ...
... poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whose acquaintance all his cotemporaries seem to have been ambitious ; and " Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it was ...
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... poetical account ; but Donne has extended them into worlds . If the lines are not easily understood , they may be read again . On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make ...
... poetical account ; but Donne has extended them into worlds . If the lines are not easily understood , they may be read again . On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make ...
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... Poetical Propagation of Light . The prince's favour is diffus'd o'er all , From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall ; COWLEY . Then from those wombs of stars , the bride's bright eyes At every glance a constellation flies ...
... Poetical Propagation of Light . The prince's favour is diffus'd o'er all , From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall ; COWLEY . Then from those wombs of stars , the bride's bright eyes At every glance a constellation flies ...
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... , alas ! allows but one ill winter's day . In the same ode , celebrating the power of the Muse , he gives her prescience , or , in poetical language , the foresight of events hatching in futurity ; but , having once 32 COWLEY .
... , alas ! allows but one ill winter's day . In the same ode , celebrating the power of the Muse , he gives her prescience , or , in poetical language , the foresight of events hatching in futurity ; but , having once 32 COWLEY .
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