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Page 67
... seem to warn him never to repeat His bold intrusion on their dark retreat . Adieu , Vinoso cries , ere yet he sips ... seems to say , If thus th ' important cause is to be tried , Suppose the beam should dip on the wrong side ; I soon ...
... seem to warn him never to repeat His bold intrusion on their dark retreat . Adieu , Vinoso cries , ere yet he sips ... seems to say , If thus th ' important cause is to be tried , Suppose the beam should dip on the wrong side ; I soon ...
Page 137
... seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the destin'd ear . Wide flies the chaff . The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noon - day beam . Come hither , ye that press your beds of down And sleep ...
... seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the destin'd ear . Wide flies the chaff . The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noon - day beam . Come hither , ye that press your beds of down And sleep ...
Page 507
... seems to lose its less tremendous fires . Has Hell a pain I would not gladly bear , So thy severe displeasure might subside ? Hopeless of ease , I seem already There , My life extinguish'd , and yet death denied . Is this the joy so ...
... seems to lose its less tremendous fires . Has Hell a pain I would not gladly bear , So thy severe displeasure might subside ? Hopeless of ease , I seem already There , My life extinguish'd , and yet death denied . Is this the joy so ...
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