Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical Notices |
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... Once alive , and love not thee With a passion far above All that e'er was called love ; In a Libyan desert may I become some lion's prey ; Let him , Acme , let him tear My breast , when Acme is not there . " The god of love , who stood ...
... Once alive , and love not thee With a passion far above All that e'er was called love ; In a Libyan desert may I become some lion's prey ; Let him , Acme , let him tear My breast , when Acme is not there . " The god of love , who stood ...
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... once such fairies dance , no grass doth ever grow . " When my new mind had no infusion known , Thou gav'st so deep a tincture of thine own , That ever since I vainly try To wash away th ' inherent dye : Long work perhaps may spoil thy ...
... once such fairies dance , no grass doth ever grow . " When my new mind had no infusion known , Thou gav'st so deep a tincture of thine own , That ever since I vainly try To wash away th ' inherent dye : Long work perhaps may spoil thy ...
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... once more With rallied arms to try what may be yet Regain'd in Heaven , or what more lost in Hell ? ” So Satan spake , and him Beelzebub Thus answer'd ; " Leader of those armies bright , Which but the Omnipotent none could have foil'd ...
... once more With rallied arms to try what may be yet Regain'd in Heaven , or what more lost in Hell ? ” So Satan spake , and him Beelzebub Thus answer'd ; " Leader of those armies bright , Which but the Omnipotent none could have foil'd ...
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... once more Erect the standard there of ancient Night : Yours be the advantage all , mine the revenge . " Thus Satan ; and him thus the Anarch old , With faltering speech and visage incompos'd , Answer'd . " I know thee , stranger , who ...
... once more Erect the standard there of ancient Night : Yours be the advantage all , mine the revenge . " Thus Satan ; and him thus the Anarch old , With faltering speech and visage incompos'd , Answer'd . " I know thee , stranger , who ...
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... once more I will renew His lapsed powers , though forfeit , and enthrall'd By sin to foul exorbitant desires ; Upheld by me . yet once more he shall stand On even ground against his mortal foe ; By me upheld , that he may know how frail ...
... once more I will renew His lapsed powers , though forfeit , and enthrall'd By sin to foul exorbitant desires ; Upheld by me . yet once more he shall stand On even ground against his mortal foe ; By me upheld , that he may know how frail ...
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