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... earth , I said , and say again : When this old , blind , mad , helpless , weak , poor worm Began in youth's first bloom and flush to reign , The world and he both wore a different form , And much of earth and all the watery plain Of ...
... earth , I said , and say again : When this old , blind , mad , helpless , weak , poor worm Began in youth's first bloom and flush to reign , The world and he both wore a different form , And much of earth and all the watery plain Of ...
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... earth is not ; Where the nightingale doth sing Not a senseless , tranced thing , But divine melodious truth ; Philosophic numbers smooth ; Tales and golden histories Of heaven and its mysteries . Thus ye live on high , and then On the earth ...
... earth is not ; Where the nightingale doth sing Not a senseless , tranced thing , But divine melodious truth ; Philosophic numbers smooth ; Tales and golden histories Of heaven and its mysteries . Thus ye live on high , and then On the earth ...
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... Earth are fairer , fairer far ' Than Chaos and blank Darkness , though once chiefs ; ' And as we show beyond that Heaven and Earth ' In form and shape compact and beautiful , ' In will , in action free , companionship , ' And thousand ...
... Earth are fairer , fairer far ' Than Chaos and blank Darkness , though once chiefs ; ' And as we show beyond that Heaven and Earth ' In form and shape compact and beautiful , ' In will , in action free , companionship , ' And thousand ...
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of Dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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