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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... hear the wind sound higher , And see the billows rise ! Poor unexperienc'd he , Who ne'er alas ! before had been at sea ! He enjoys thy calmy sunshine now , And no breath stirring hears ; In the clear heaven of thy brow No smallest ...
... hear the wind sound higher , And see the billows rise ! Poor unexperienc'd he , Who ne'er alas ! before had been at sea ! He enjoys thy calmy sunshine now , And no breath stirring hears ; In the clear heaven of thy brow No smallest ...
Page 87
... hear The triumph of the buried Conqueror . How Hell was by its prisoner captive led , And the great slayer , Death , slain by the dead . Methinks , I hear of murdered men the voice , Mixt with the murderers ' confused noise , Sound from ...
... hear The triumph of the buried Conqueror . How Hell was by its prisoner captive led , And the great slayer , Death , slain by the dead . Methinks , I hear of murdered men the voice , Mixt with the murderers ' confused noise , Sound from ...
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... hear very often , " That a man does not know how to pass his time . " It would have been but ill - spoken by Methusalem in the nine hundred sixty - ninth year of his life ; so far it is from us , who have not time enough to attain to ...
... hear very often , " That a man does not know how to pass his time . " It would have been but ill - spoken by Methusalem in the nine hundred sixty - ninth year of his life ; so far it is from us , who have not time enough to attain to ...
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