Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical Notices |
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... wide pathless way ; And oft , as if her head she bow'd , Stooping through a fleecy cloud , Oft , on a plat of rising ground , I hear the far - off Curfeu sound , Over some wide - water'd shore , Swinging slow with. 18 MILTON .
... wide pathless way ; And oft , as if her head she bow'd , Stooping through a fleecy cloud , Oft , on a plat of rising ground , I hear the far - off Curfeu sound , Over some wide - water'd shore , Swinging slow with. 18 MILTON .
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... wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets , fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus , yielded light As from a sky . The ...
... wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets , fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus , yielded light As from a sky . The ...
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... Wide gaping , and with utter loss of being Threatens him , plung'd in that abortive gulf . If thence he ' scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers , and as hard escape ? But I should ill ...
... Wide gaping , and with utter loss of being Threatens him , plung'd in that abortive gulf . If thence he ' scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers , and as hard escape ? But I should ill ...
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... wide That dismal world , if any clime perhaps Might yield them easier habitation , bend Four ways their flying march , along the banks Of four infernal rivers , that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams : Abhorred Styx ...
... wide That dismal world , if any clime perhaps Might yield them easier habitation , bend Four ways their flying march , along the banks Of four infernal rivers , that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams : Abhorred Styx ...
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... wide open stood , That with extended wings a banner'd host , Under spread ensigns marching , might pass through With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array ; Pondering his voyage : for no narrow frith He had to cross . Nor was his ear ...
... wide open stood , That with extended wings a banner'd host , Under spread ensigns marching , might pass through With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array ; Pondering his voyage : for no narrow frith He had to cross . Nor was his ear ...
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