Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... tree wild , that grows on tombs , And juice , that from the larch - tree comes , The basilisk's blood , and the viper's skin : And , now , our orgies let's begin . EPITAPH ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE , SISTER TO SIR PHILIP SIDNEY ...
... tree wild , that grows on tombs , And juice , that from the larch - tree comes , The basilisk's blood , and the viper's skin : And , now , our orgies let's begin . EPITAPH ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE , SISTER TO SIR PHILIP SIDNEY ...
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... tree and every herb around With pearly dew was crown'd , And upon all the quicken'd ground The fruitful seed of Heaven did brooding lie , And nothing but the Muse's fleece was dry . It did all other threats surpass , When God to his own ...
... tree and every herb around With pearly dew was crown'd , And upon all the quicken'd ground The fruitful seed of Heaven did brooding lie , And nothing but the Muse's fleece was dry . It did all other threats surpass , When God to his own ...
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... his weeds , His few books , or his beads , or maple dish , Or do his grey hairs any violence ? But Beauty , like the fair Hesperian tree Laden with blooming gold , had need the guard COMUS . 460 Begin to cast a beam on the 24 MILTON .
... his weeds , His few books , or his beads , or maple dish , Or do his grey hairs any violence ? But Beauty , like the fair Hesperian tree Laden with blooming gold , had need the guard COMUS . 460 Begin to cast a beam on the 24 MILTON .
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... tree : Along the crisped shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund Spring ; The Graces , and the rosy - bosom'd Hours , Thither all their bounties bring ; There eternal Summer dwells , And west - winds , with musky wing , About the ...
... tree : Along the crisped shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund Spring ; The Graces , and the rosy - bosom'd Hours , Thither all their bounties bring ; There eternal Summer dwells , And west - winds , with musky wing , About the ...
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... tree of life , Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To Heaven remov'd where first it grew , there grows And flowers aloft shading the fount of life , And where the river of bliss through midst of Heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers ...
... tree of life , Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To Heaven remov'd where first it grew , there grows And flowers aloft shading the fount of life , And where the river of bliss through midst of Heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers ...
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