Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... seek ! Or call up him that left half - told The story of Cambuscan bold , Of Camball , and of Algarsife , And who had Canace to wife , That own'd the virtuous ring and glass ; And of the wondrous horse of brass , On which the Tartar ...
... seek ! Or call up him that left half - told The story of Cambuscan bold , Of Camball , and of Algarsife , And who had Canace to wife , That own'd the virtuous ring and glass ; And of the wondrous horse of brass , On which the Tartar ...
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... seek i ' the valley some cool friendly spring . Com . And left your fair side all unguarded , lady ? Lad . They were but twain , and purpos'd quick return . Com . Perhaps forestalling night prevented them . Lad . How easy my misfortune ...
... seek i ' the valley some cool friendly spring . Com . And left your fair side all unguarded , lady ? Lad . They were but twain , and purpos'd quick return . Com . Perhaps forestalling night prevented them . Lad . How easy my misfortune ...
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... seek again to trap me here With lickerish baits , fit to ensnare a brute ? Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets , I would not taste thy treasonous offer ; none But such as are good men can give good things ; And that which is ...
... seek again to trap me here With lickerish baits , fit to ensnare a brute ? Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets , I would not taste thy treasonous offer ; none But such as are good men can give good things ; And that which is ...
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... seek Their wandering gods disguis'd in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel ' scape The infection , when their borrow'd gold compos'd The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king Doubled that sin in Bethel and in Dan , Likening his ...
... seek Their wandering gods disguis'd in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel ' scape The infection , when their borrow'd gold compos'd The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king Doubled that sin in Bethel and in Dan , Likening his ...
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... seek In Golgotha him dead , who lives in Heaven ; And they , who to be sure of Paradise , Dying , put on the weeds ... seeking but the praise of men , here find Fit retribution , empty as their deeds ; All the unaccomplish'd works of ...
... seek In Golgotha him dead , who lives in Heaven ; And they , who to be sure of Paradise , Dying , put on the weeds ... seeking but the praise of men , here find Fit retribution , empty as their deeds ; All the unaccomplish'd works of ...
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