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Page 17
... winds , and doth belie All corners of the world . Kings , queens , and ftates ,, Maids , matrons , nay the fecrets of the grave , This viperous flander enters . THERE is a tide in the affairs of men , Which taken at the flood leads on ...
... winds , and doth belie All corners of the world . Kings , queens , and ftates ,, Maids , matrons , nay the fecrets of the grave , This viperous flander enters . THERE is a tide in the affairs of men , Which taken at the flood leads on ...
Page 40
... wind , faid Maria , to the fhorn lamb . SHORN indeed ! and to the quick , faid I ; and waft thou in my own land , where I have a cottage , I would take thee to it and shelter thee ; thou fhouldft eat of my own bread , and drink of my ...
... wind , faid Maria , to the fhorn lamb . SHORN indeed ! and to the quick , faid I ; and waft thou in my own land , where I have a cottage , I would take thee to it and shelter thee ; thou fhouldft eat of my own bread , and drink of my ...
Page 52
... wind , The lightnings flash a larger curve , and more The noife aftounds : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts , And opens wider ; shuts and opens ftill Expanfive , wrapping æther in a blaze . Follows the ...
... wind , The lightnings flash a larger curve , and more The noife aftounds : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts , And opens wider ; shuts and opens ftill Expanfive , wrapping æther in a blaze . Follows the ...
Page 68
... wind , of late breath'd gently forth , Now shifted eaft and eaft by north ; Bare trees and shrubs but ill , you know , Could shelter them from rain or snow , } } } Stepping Stepping into their nefts , they paddled , Themselves were 68 ...
... wind , of late breath'd gently forth , Now shifted eaft and eaft by north ; Bare trees and shrubs but ill , you know , Could shelter them from rain or snow , } } } Stepping Stepping into their nefts , they paddled , Themselves were 68 ...
Page 72
... winds for ages pent In earth's dark womb have found at last a vent , And from their prison - house below arise , With all these hideous howlings to the skies , I could be much compos'd , nor fhould appear For fuch a caufe to feel the ...
... winds for ages pent In earth's dark womb have found at last a vent , And from their prison - house below arise , With all these hideous howlings to the skies , I could be much compos'd , nor fhould appear For fuch a caufe to feel the ...
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