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... seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich - proud cost of outworn buried age ; When sometime lofty towers I see down - razed , And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of ...
... seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich - proud cost of outworn buried age ; When sometime lofty towers I see down - razed , And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of ...
Page 157
... seen thy girlish , sweet vicissitude , Thy mazy motions , striving to elude , Yet wooing still a parent's watchful eyes , Thy humours , many as the opal's dyes , And lovely all ; -methinks thy scornful mood , And bearing high of stately ...
... seen thy girlish , sweet vicissitude , Thy mazy motions , striving to elude , Yet wooing still a parent's watchful eyes , Thy humours , many as the opal's dyes , And lovely all ; -methinks thy scornful mood , And bearing high of stately ...
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... seen from the four selected , by the conceits of the age , are not without melody and genuine feeling , and we cannot agree with the late Mr. Robert Bell that they are " infinitely inferior " to those of Surrey and Wyatt ; but the ...
... seen from the four selected , by the conceits of the age , are not without melody and genuine feeling , and we cannot agree with the late Mr. Robert Bell that they are " infinitely inferior " to those of Surrey and Wyatt ; but the ...
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beauty behold bird breath bright charm dark DAVID GRAY dear death delight divine dost doth dream earth EDMUND SPENSER ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English Sonnets eternal eyes fade fair Faith fame fear feel flowers friends glory grace grief happy HARTLEY COLERIDGE hast hath heart heaven heavenly HEMANS HENRY CONSTABLE honour hope JOHN KEATS JOHN KEBLE JOHN MILTON JULIAN FANE Lady language light live look Lord love thee Love's Massey's mind Mistress morn Muse never night o'er passion Petrarch pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry praise pray SAMUEL DANIEL Shakespeare shine sight silent sing sleep song sonnet writer sorrow soul sound SPEARE spirit SURREY sweet tears thine things THOMAS WARTON thou art thought toil verse voice weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE WILLIAM DRUMMOND WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES WILLIAM SHAKE WILLIAM WORDS Wordsworth WORTH youth