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... Beauty alone cou'd Beauty take so right : Her Dress , her Shape , her Matchless Grace , Were all observ'd , as well as Heavenly Face . With such a Peerless Majesty she stands , As in that Day she took the Crown from Sacred Hands ...
... Beauty alone cou'd Beauty take so right : Her Dress , her Shape , her Matchless Grace , Were all observ'd , as well as Heavenly Face . With such a Peerless Majesty she stands , As in that Day she took the Crown from Sacred Hands ...
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... Beauty , she was Beauty's Self , Recluse amid the close - embowering Woods . As in the hollow Breast of Appenine , Beneath the Shelter of encircling Hills , A Myrtle rises , far from human Eye , And breathes it's balmy Fragrance o'er ...
... Beauty , she was Beauty's Self , Recluse amid the close - embowering Woods . As in the hollow Breast of Appenine , Beneath the Shelter of encircling Hills , A Myrtle rises , far from human Eye , And breathes it's balmy Fragrance o'er ...
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... beauty , and wit , and good - humour , ah ! why Should prudence advise , and compel me to fly ? Thy bounties , O Fortune ! make haste to bestow , And let me deserve her , or still I say no . 15 20 Song the Ninth1 You tell me I'm ...
... beauty , and wit , and good - humour , ah ! why Should prudence advise , and compel me to fly ? Thy bounties , O Fortune ! make haste to bestow , And let me deserve her , or still I say no . 15 20 Song the Ninth1 You tell me I'm ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 161816331667 | 1 |
SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT 160616351668 | 12 |
SIR JOHN DENHAM 161516421669 | 20 |
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