Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 7Robert Chambers Amer. Book Exchange, 1879 - English literature |
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... Sleep on in rusty iron , sleep As in a safety coffin ! The grave , lofty , and sustained style of Hood is much more rare than this punning vein , but a few verses will shew how truly poeti- cal at times was his imagination - how rapt ...
... Sleep on in rusty iron , sleep As in a safety coffin ! The grave , lofty , and sustained style of Hood is much more rare than this punning vein , but a few verses will shew how truly poeti- cal at times was his imagination - how rapt ...
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... sleeps a sound and peaceful sleep , With the wild waves dashing o'er him . He sleeps he sleeps , serene and safe From tempest and from billow , Where storms that high above him chafe Scarce rock his peaceful pillow . The sea and him in ...
... sleeps a sound and peaceful sleep , With the wild waves dashing o'er him . He sleeps he sleeps , serene and safe From tempest and from billow , Where storms that high above him chafe Scarce rock his peaceful pillow . The sea and him in ...
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... sleep and a sleep In 1874 Mr. Swinburne published an epic drama or tragedy , ' Bothwell , ' continuing the history of Mary , Queen of Scots , after the episode of Chastelard . ' This tragedy of Bothwell ' is a most voluminous work ...
... sleep and a sleep In 1874 Mr. Swinburne published an epic drama or tragedy , ' Bothwell , ' continuing the history of Mary , Queen of Scots , after the episode of Chastelard . ' This tragedy of Bothwell ' is a most voluminous work ...
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