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Page 25
All that Man has to do is to live and die; the sum of humanity is comprehended by
Donne in the following lines : Think in how poor a prison thou didst lie; After,
enabled but to suck and cry. Think, when 'twas grown to most, 'twas a poor inn, ...
All that Man has to do is to live and die; the sum of humanity is comprehended by
Donne in the following lines : Think in how poor a prison thou didst lie; After,
enabled but to suck and cry. Think, when 'twas grown to most, 'twas a poor inn, ...
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Dryden's Night is well known; Donne's is as follows: Thou seest me here at
midnight, now all rest: Time's dead low-water; when all minds divest To-morrow's
business, when the labourers have Such rest in bed, that their last church-yard
grave, ...
Dryden's Night is well known; Donne's is as follows: Thou seest me here at
midnight, now all rest: Time's dead low-water; when all minds divest To-morrow's
business, when the labourers have Such rest in bed, that their last church-yard
grave, ...
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And thou, great Caesarl though we know not yet Among what gods thou 'It fix thy
lofty seat, Whether thou 'It be the kind tutelar god Of thy own Rome; or with thy
awful nod, Guide the vast world, while thy great hand shall bear The fruits and ...
And thou, great Caesarl though we know not yet Among what gods thou 'It fix thy
lofty seat, Whether thou 'It be the kind tutelar god Of thy own Rome; or with thy
awful nod, Guide the vast world, while thy great hand shall bear The fruits and ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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