The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... thou hast fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the sword ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far , Young as thou ...
... thou hast fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the sword ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far , Young as thou ...
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... thou must write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the sun pass through't twice a year , The sun , which is esteem'd the god of wit . COWLEY . The difficulties which have been raised about identity in philosophy , are by ...
... thou must write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the sun pass through't twice a year , The sun , which is esteem'd the god of wit . COWLEY . The difficulties which have been raised about identity in philosophy , are by ...
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... thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'st take , or what repose , In countries so unciviliz'd as those ? Lust , the scorching dog ...
... thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'st take , or what repose , In countries so unciviliz'd as those ? Lust , the scorching dog ...
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... thou intend By candle's end , And hold the contrast thus in doubt , Life's taper out ? Think but how soon the market fails , Your sex lives faster than the males , And if to measure age's span , The sober Julian were th ' account of man ...
... thou intend By candle's end , And hold the contrast thus in doubt , Life's taper out ? Think but how soon the market fails , Your sex lives faster than the males , And if to measure age's span , The sober Julian were th ' account of man ...
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... thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's Heart , a Hand Grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado shot into a magazin ...
... thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's Heart , a Hand Grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado shot into a magazin ...
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