Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical Notices |
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... breath ; and rose , And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose . 7. A murderer , yonder , was hung in chains , The sun and the wind had shrunk his veins ; I bit off a sinew , I clipp'd his hair , I brought off his rags , that danc'd i ...
... breath ; and rose , And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose . 7. A murderer , yonder , was hung in chains , The sun and the wind had shrunk his veins ; I bit off a sinew , I clipp'd his hair , I brought off his rags , that danc'd i ...
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... breath , And that too after death . " HYMN TO LIGHT . FIRST - BORN of Chaos , who so fair didst come From the old Negro's darksome womb ! Which , when it saw the lovely child , The melancholy mass put on kind looks and . smil'd ; Thou ...
... breath , And that too after death . " HYMN TO LIGHT . FIRST - BORN of Chaos , who so fair didst come From the old Negro's darksome womb ! Which , when it saw the lovely child , The melancholy mass put on kind looks and . smil'd ; Thou ...
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... breath'd , firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat : Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage ... Breathing 6 D 2 BOOK I. 33 PARADISE LOST .
... breath'd , firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat : Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage ... Breathing 6 D 2 BOOK I. 33 PARADISE LOST .
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... breath , that kindled those grim fires , Awak'd , should blow them into sevenfold rage , And plunge us in the flames ? or , from above , Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right hand to plague us ? What if all Her stores ...
... breath , that kindled those grim fires , Awak'd , should blow them into sevenfold rage , And plunge us in the flames ? or , from above , Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right hand to plague us ? What if all Her stores ...
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... breath'st defiance here and scorn , Where I reign king , and , to enrage thee more , Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punishment , False fugitive , and to thy speed add wings , Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering , or ...
... breath'st defiance here and scorn , Where I reign king , and , to enrage thee more , Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punishment , False fugitive , and to thy speed add wings , Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering , or ...
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