Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical Notices |
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... less , Less by much , than in thy dress . All thy verse is softer far Than the downy feathers are Of my wings , or of my arrows , Of my mother's doves or sparrows , Sweet as lovers ' freshest kisses , Or their riper following blisses ...
... less , Less by much , than in thy dress . All thy verse is softer far Than the downy feathers are Of my wings , or of my arrows , Of my mother's doves or sparrows , Sweet as lovers ' freshest kisses , Or their riper following blisses ...
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... less liberal to gold ! Did'st thou less value to it give , Of how much care , alas ! might'st thou poor man relieve ! To me the Sun is more delightful far , And all fair days much fairer are . But few , ah ! wondrous few , there be ...
... less liberal to gold ! Did'st thou less value to it give , Of how much care , alas ! might'st thou poor man relieve ! To me the Sun is more delightful far , And all fair days much fairer are . But few , ah ! wondrous few , there be ...
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... less than if I should my brothers lose . Com . Were they of manly prime , or youthful 289 Lad . As smooth as Hebe's ... Less warranted than this , or less secure , I cannot be , that I should fear to change it.- Eye me , blest Providence ...
... less than if I should my brothers lose . Com . Were they of manly prime , or youthful 289 Lad . As smooth as Hebe's ... Less warranted than this , or less secure , I cannot be , that I should fear to change it.- Eye me , blest Providence ...
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... Less than arch - angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the Moon , In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half ...
... Less than arch - angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the Moon , In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half ...
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... 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 unexpert , I boast not : them let those ...
... 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 unexpert , I boast not : them let those ...
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