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... sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off , His face still combating with tears and smiles , The badges of his grief and patience , - That had not God , for some strong purpose , steeled The hearts of men , they must ...
... sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off , His face still combating with tears and smiles , The badges of his grief and patience , - That had not God , for some strong purpose , steeled The hearts of men , they must ...
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... sacred song ; but chief , Thee , Zion , and the flowery brooks beneath , That wash thy hallowed feet , and warbling flow , Nightly I visit : nor sometimes forget Those other two , equalled with me in fate , So were I equalled with them ...
... sacred song ; but chief , Thee , Zion , and the flowery brooks beneath , That wash thy hallowed feet , and warbling flow , Nightly I visit : nor sometimes forget Those other two , equalled with me in fate , So were I equalled with them ...
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... sacred well , That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin , and somewhat loudly sweep the string . Hence with denial vain , and coy excuse , So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn ; And , as she ...
... sacred well , That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin , and somewhat loudly sweep the string . Hence with denial vain , and coy excuse , So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn ; And , as she ...
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... sacred head of thine . Next Camus , reverend sire , went footing slow , His mantle hairy , and his bonnet sedge , Inwrought with figures dim , and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe . Ah ! who hath reft ( quoth ...
... sacred head of thine . Next Camus , reverend sire , went footing slow , His mantle hairy , and his bonnet sedge , Inwrought with figures dim , and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe . Ah ! who hath reft ( quoth ...
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... sacred and home - felt delight , Such sober certainty of waking bliss , I never heard till now . I'll speak to her , And she shall be my queen . SONNETS . ON HIS BLINDNESS . When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days , in ...
... sacred and home - felt delight , Such sober certainty of waking bliss , I never heard till now . I'll speak to her , And she shall be my queen . SONNETS . ON HIS BLINDNESS . When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days , in ...
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