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... less refined beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night , Or suck the mists in ... less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprison'd essences ...
... less refined beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night , Or suck the mists in ... less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprison'd essences ...
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... less tuneable than bees , But hardly less industrious ; with shrill notes Of sharp command and scolding intermix'd . Near me was Trinity's loquacious Clock , Who never let the Quarters , night or day , Slip by him unproclaim'd , and ...
... less tuneable than bees , But hardly less industrious ; with shrill notes Of sharp command and scolding intermix'd . Near me was Trinity's loquacious Clock , Who never let the Quarters , night or day , Slip by him unproclaim'd , and ...
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... less free ; Her hair was thicker , but less long ; her eyes As black , but quicker , and of smaller size . CXXIII And these two tended him , and cheer'd him both With food and raiment , and those soft attentions , Which are ( as I must ...
... less free ; Her hair was thicker , but less long ; her eyes As black , but quicker , and of smaller size . CXXIII And these two tended him , and cheer'd him both With food and raiment , and those soft attentions , Which are ( as I must ...
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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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