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 139
... SACRED POEM OF THE TROUBLES OF. And with his winged will cuts through the yield- ing sky . [ last , He pass'd through many a star , and , as he past , Shone ( like a star in them ) more brightly there Than they did in their sphere . On a ...
... SACRED POEM OF THE TROUBLES OF. And with his winged will cuts through the yield- ing sky . [ last , He pass'd through many a star , and , as he past , Shone ( like a star in them ) more brightly there Than they did in their sphere . On a ...
Page 147
... sacred blue . Here thrice each day they read their perfect law , Thrice prayers from willing Heaven a blessing draw ; Thrice in glad hymns , swell'd with the Great One's praise , The pliant voice on her seven steps they raise , Whilst ...
... sacred blue . Here thrice each day they read their perfect law , Thrice prayers from willing Heaven a blessing draw ; Thrice in glad hymns , swell'd with the Great One's praise , The pliant voice on her seven steps they raise , Whilst ...
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... sacred gift you disesteem , The cruel plagues ( which Heaven divert on them ! ) Shall fall on Priam's state : but ifthe horse Your walls ascend , assisted by your force , A league ' gainst Greece all Asia shall contract : Our sons then ...
... sacred gift you disesteem , The cruel plagues ( which Heaven divert on them ! ) Shall fall on Priam's state : but ifthe horse Your walls ascend , assisted by your force , A league ' gainst Greece all Asia shall contract : Our sons then ...
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