Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, Volume 1David P. French B. Blom, 1967 - English poetry |
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... fate , fate too unkind : With speaking tears his griefs he doth declare , And with sad sighs instructs the angry wind To sigh ; and did ev'n upon that prevail ; It groan'd to hear Philetus ' mournful tale . The crystal brooks , which ...
... fate , fate too unkind : With speaking tears his griefs he doth declare , And with sad sighs instructs the angry wind To sigh ; and did ev'n upon that prevail ; It groan'd to hear Philetus ' mournful tale . The crystal brooks , which ...
Page 64
... Fate hath crost that willing score ) A father , gave me a godfather too ; And I'm more glad , because it gave me you ; Whom I may rightly think , and term , to be Of the whole city an epitome . I thank my careful Fate , which found out ...
... Fate hath crost that willing score ) A father , gave me a godfather too ; And I'm more glad , because it gave me you ; Whom I may rightly think , and term , to be Of the whole city an epitome . I thank my careful Fate , which found out ...
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... Fate decreed Our ruin , we had fill'd with Grecian blood The place ; then Troy and Priam's throne had stood . Meanwhile a fetter'd prisoner to the king With joyful shouts the Dardan shepherds bring , Who to betray us did himself betray ...
... Fate decreed Our ruin , we had fill'd with Grecian blood The place ; then Troy and Priam's throne had stood . Meanwhile a fetter'd prisoner to the king With joyful shouts the Dardan shepherds bring , Who to betray us did himself betray ...
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