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Comus: A Mask - Page 55
by John Milton - 1808 - 89 pages
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Paradise Regained: Samson Agonistes, Comus and Arcades

John Milton - Bible - 1823 - 220 pages
...ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under...voice Of my most honour'd Lady, your dear Sister. Amazed I stood, harrow'd with grief and fear, And O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet...
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Quentin Durward: A Romance, Volume 1

Walter Scott - France - 1823 - 328 pages
...Castle. CHAPTER X. THE SENTINEL. Where should Ihis music be ; i' the air, or the earth.' The Tempest. And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death. —I was all car, Comut. '' QUENTIN had hardly reached his little cabin, in order to make some necessary...
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Quentin Durward, Volume 1

Walter Scott - France - 1823 - 620 pages
...CHAPTER X. THE SKHTJNEr,. Where should this music beP i' the air, or the earth? The TempestI was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death. Comus. VUENTIN had hardly reached his little cabin, in order to make some necessary changes in his...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, e interpos'd : Or palmy hilloe, or the flow'ry lap...without thorn the rose. Another side, umbrageous harrow 41 with grief and fear, And O poor hapless nightingale thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...recreate, *»«•fyivxfn: and Mr. Theobald proposed to read recreate, And took in strains might recreate a soul : Under the ribs of death : but O ere long...Sister. Amaz'd I stood, harrow'd with grief and fear, 565 And O poor hapless nightingale thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare! Then...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...soul, that is, says Mr. Sympson, recreate, «r«•^ij^M : and Mr. Theobald proposed to read recreate, Under the ribs of death : but O ere long Too well...most honour'd Lady, your dear Sister. Amaz'd I stood, harrowed with grief and fear, 56s And O poor hapless nightingale thought I, How sweet thou sing'st,...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death. Milton's Comus. Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, and bend the knotted...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 1-2

British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...'ware, and wish'd she mi^ht Deny her nature, and be never more Still, to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death ; hut O ! ere long, Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most honour'd lady, your dear sister....
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...nature, and be never more, Still to be so displae'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might ereate dreaming mood : And up the hills, on either side, a wood Of bl pereeive it was the voiee Of my most honour'd lady, your dear sister. Amaz'd I stood, harrow'd with...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under...sister. Amaz'd I stood, harrow'd with grief and fear, And 0 poor hapless nightingale thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare 1 . Then...
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