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 171
... wonder - strook I at your words appear , My wonder yet is innocent of fear : Th ' honour which does your princely breast in- flame , Warms mine too , and joins there with duty's name . If in this act Ill fate our tempter be , May all ...
... wonder - strook I at your words appear , My wonder yet is innocent of fear : Th ' honour which does your princely breast in- flame , Warms mine too , and joins there with duty's name . If in this act Ill fate our tempter be , May all ...
Page 271
... wonder not so much surprise their sight , As a strange object now his troops draw near . In whom such death and want of limbs they finde , As each were lately call'd out of his tombe , And left some members hastily behinde ; Or came ...
... wonder not so much surprise their sight , As a strange object now his troops draw near . In whom such death and want of limbs they finde , As each were lately call'd out of his tombe , And left some members hastily behinde ; Or came ...
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... WONDER . THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE POETS . AFTER AFTER SO many concurring petitions From all ages and sexes , and all conditions , We come in the rear to present our follies To Pym , Stroude , Haslerig , Hampden , and Holles . Though ...
... WONDER . THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE POETS . AFTER AFTER SO many concurring petitions From all ages and sexes , and all conditions , We come in the rear to present our follies To Pym , Stroude , Haslerig , Hampden , and Holles . Though ...
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