A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as Well as a Companion and Guide for Private Students, and for General ReadersLee & Shepard, 1871 - 608 pages |
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... heaven's gate sings . " " How can a lark sing at heaven's gate ? " he asks . " Springs that lie on chaliced flowers ! " " What does he mean ? A horse - trough with dandelions around it , perhaps . " There is not a page of Shakespeare ...
... heaven's gate sings . " " How can a lark sing at heaven's gate ? " he asks . " Springs that lie on chaliced flowers ! " " What does he mean ? A horse - trough with dandelions around it , perhaps . " There is not a page of Shakespeare ...
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... heaven . And surely an awl of lead is not so unprofitable in a shoemaker's shop , as an unfit minister made of gross metal is unseemly in the commonwealth . Fathers in old time , among the noble Persians , might not do with their ...
... heaven . And surely an awl of lead is not so unprofitable in a shoemaker's shop , as an unfit minister made of gross metal is unseemly in the commonwealth . Fathers in old time , among the noble Persians , might not do with their ...
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... Heaven with my bootless cries , And look upon myself , and curse my fate , Wishing me like to one more rich in hope , Featured like him , like him with friends possessed , Desiring this man's art , and that man's scope , With what I ...
... Heaven with my bootless cries , And look upon myself , and curse my fate , Wishing me like to one more rich in hope , Featured like him , like him with friends possessed , Desiring this man's art , and that man's scope , With what I ...
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... heaven's sun staineth . LII . So am I as the rich , whose blesséd key Can bring him to his sweet up - locked treasure , The which he will not every hour survey , For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure . Therefore are feasts so ...
... heaven's sun staineth . LII . So am I as the rich , whose blesséd key Can bring him to his sweet up - locked treasure , The which he will not every hour survey , For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure . Therefore are feasts so ...
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... heaven with thy brow : The workydays are the back - part ; The burden of the week lies there , Making the whole to stoop and bow , Till thy release appear . Man had straight forward gone To endless death : but thou dost pull And turn us ...
... heaven with thy brow : The workydays are the back - part ; The burden of the week lies there , Making the whole to stoop and bow , Till thy release appear . Man had straight forward gone To endless death : but thou dost pull And turn us ...
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