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... Night . In the prayer which concludes the second book of the same poem , he says : -Oh ! permit the gloom of solemn night To sacred thought may forcibly invite . Oh ! how divine to tread the milky way , To the bright palace of Eternal ...
... Night . In the prayer which concludes the second book of the same poem , he says : -Oh ! permit the gloom of solemn night To sacred thought may forcibly invite . Oh ! how divine to tread the milky way , To the bright palace of Eternal ...
Page 348
... Night the address to the poet's supposed son is : Lorenzo , Fortune makes her court to thee . In the Fifth Night : And burns Lorenzo still for the sublime Of life ? to hang his airy nest on high ? Is this a picture of the son of the ...
... Night the address to the poet's supposed son is : Lorenzo , Fortune makes her court to thee . In the Fifth Night : And burns Lorenzo still for the sublime Of life ? to hang his airy nest on high ? Is this a picture of the son of the ...
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... Night Thoughts , notwithstanding their author's pro- fessed retirement , all are inscribed to great or to growing names . He had not yet weaned himself from earls and dukes , from Speakers of the House of Commons , Lords Commissioners ...
... Night Thoughts , notwithstanding their author's pro- fessed retirement , all are inscribed to great or to growing names . He had not yet weaned himself from earls and dukes , from Speakers of the House of Commons , Lords Commissioners ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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