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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Page 110
... give me now , For I too weak for purgings grow , Do but awhile with patience stay ( For counsel yet will do no good ) Till time , and rest , and Heaven , allay The violent burnings of my blood For what effect from this can flow , To ...
... give me now , For I too weak for purgings grow , Do but awhile with patience stay ( For counsel yet will do no good ) Till time , and rest , and Heaven , allay The violent burnings of my blood For what effect from this can flow , To ...
Page 111
... give , with lesser grief , Tan undeserving beggar than a thief . AGAINST FRUITION . Yet when I die , my last breath shall Grow bold , and plainly tell her all : Like covetous men , who ne'er descry Their dear - hid treasures till they ...
... give , with lesser grief , Tan undeserving beggar than a thief . AGAINST FRUITION . Yet when I die , my last breath shall Grow bold , and plainly tell her all : Like covetous men , who ne'er descry Their dear - hid treasures till they ...
Page 409
... give or sell my horse . " Quoth she , " I grant the case is true , And proper ' twixt your horse and you ; But whether I may take , as well As you may give away or sell ? Buyers , you know , are bid beware ; And worse than thieves ...
... give or sell my horse . " Quoth she , " I grant the case is true , And proper ' twixt your horse and you ; But whether I may take , as well As you may give away or sell ? Buyers , you know , are bid beware ; And worse than thieves ...
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