The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... hand the bridle raines forelore , Halfe in a swoune she was for feare I weene ; But her flit courser spared nere the more , To beare her through the desart woods unseene Of her strong foes , that chas'd her through the plaine , And ...
... hand the bridle raines forelore , Halfe in a swoune she was for feare I weene ; But her flit courser spared nere the more , To beare her through the desart woods unseene Of her strong foes , that chas'd her through the plaine , And ...
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... hand , like Fate , Gives and resumes the sceptre of our state ) Wooes for his master ; and , with double shame , Himself deluded , mocks the princely dame , The lady Bona : whom just anger burns , And foreign war with civil rage returns ...
... hand , like Fate , Gives and resumes the sceptre of our state ) Wooes for his master ; and , with double shame , Himself deluded , mocks the princely dame , The lady Bona : whom just anger burns , And foreign war with civil rage returns ...
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... hand extends . The ship at anchor , like a fixed rock , Breaks the proud billows which her large sides Whose rage , restrained , foaming higher swells ; And from her port the weary barge repels : Threatening to make her , forced out ...
... hand extends . The ship at anchor , like a fixed rock , Breaks the proud billows which her large sides Whose rage , restrained , foaming higher swells ; And from her port the weary barge repels : Threatening to make her , forced out ...
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... hand Would but enlarge the bounds of thy command : Thy dreadful fleet would style thee lord of all , And ride in triumph o'er the drowned ball : Those towers of oak o'er fertile plains might go , And visit mountains , where they once ...
... hand Would but enlarge the bounds of thy command : Thy dreadful fleet would style thee lord of all , And ride in triumph o'er the drowned ball : Those towers of oak o'er fertile plains might go , And visit mountains , where they once ...
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... hand ! which to our humble sight Presents that beauty , which the dazzling light Of royal splendour hides from weaker eyes , And all access , save by this art , denies . Here only we have courage to behold This beam of glory : here we ...
... hand ! which to our humble sight Presents that beauty , which the dazzling light Of royal splendour hides from weaker eyes , And all access , save by this art , denies . Here only we have courage to behold This beam of glory : here we ...
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