An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to Lord Bolingbroke |
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... fate , An ace of hearts steps forth ; the king , unseen , Lurked in her hand , and mourned his captive queen : He springs to vengeance with an eager pace , And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace . The nymph exulting fills with ...
... fate , An ace of hearts steps forth ; the king , unseen , Lurked in her hand , and mourned his captive queen : He springs to vengeance with an eager pace , And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace . The nymph exulting fills with ...
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... fate , and with a sigh retired . The peer now spreads the glittering forsex wide , To enclose the Lock ; now joins it , to divide . Even then , before the fatal engine closed , A wretched sylph too fondly interposed ; Fate urged the ...
... fate , and with a sigh retired . The peer now spreads the glittering forsex wide , To enclose the Lock ; now joins it , to divide . Even then , before the fatal engine closed , A wretched sylph too fondly interposed ; Fate urged the ...
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... fate , In mystic visions , now believed too late ! See the poor remnants of these slighted hairs ! My hands shall rend what even thy rapine spares : These in two sable ringlets taught to break , Once gave new beauties to the snowy neck ...
... fate , In mystic visions , now believed too late ! See the poor remnants of these slighted hairs ! My hands shall rend what even thy rapine spares : These in two sable ringlets taught to break , Once gave new beauties to the snowy neck ...
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