Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... equal with the store , All the grass that Romney yields , Or the sands in Chelsea fields , Or the drops in silver Thames , Or the stars , that gild his streams , In the silent summer nights , When youths ply their stol'n delights That ...
... equal with the store , All the grass that Romney yields , Or the sands in Chelsea fields , Or the drops in silver Thames , Or the stars , that gild his streams , In the silent summer nights , When youths ply their stol'n delights That ...
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... equal poise of hope and fear Does arbitrate the event , my nature is That I incline to hope , rather than fear , And gladly banish squint suspicion . My sister is not so defenceless left As you imagine ; she has a hidden strength , 415 ...
... equal poise of hope and fear Does arbitrate the event , my nature is That I incline to hope , rather than fear , And gladly banish squint suspicion . My sister is not so defenceless left As you imagine ; she has a hidden strength , 415 ...
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... equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise , Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou seest From what height fall'n , so much the stronger prov'd He with his thunder : and till then who knew ...
... equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise , Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou seest From what height fall'n , so much the stronger prov'd He with his thunder : and till then who knew ...
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... Equal in strength ; and rather than be less Car'd not to be at all ; with that care lost Went all his fear of God , or Hell , or worse , He reck'd not ; and these words thereafter spake . " My sentence is for open war : of wiles , More ...
... Equal in strength ; and rather than be less Car'd not to be at all ; with that care lost Went all his fear of God , or Hell , or worse , He reck'd not ; and these words thereafter spake . " My sentence is for open war : of wiles , More ...
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... Equal to God , and equally enjoying Godlike fruition , quitted all , to save A world from utter loss , and hast been found By merit more than birthright Son of God , Found worthiest to be so by being good , Far more than great or high ...
... Equal to God , and equally enjoying Godlike fruition , quitted all , to save A world from utter loss , and hast been found By merit more than birthright Son of God , Found worthiest to be so by being good , Far more than great or high ...
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