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Page 54
... So was her mind continually in fear , Tossed and tormented with the hideous
thought , Of those detested crimes which she had wrought : With dreadful cheer ,
and looks thrown to the sky , Wishing for death , and yet she could not die .
... So was her mind continually in fear , Tossed and tormented with the hideous
thought , Of those detested crimes which she had wrought : With dreadful cheer ,
and looks thrown to the sky , Wishing for death , and yet she could not die .
Page 65
Well gave that judge his doom upon the death Of Titus Clelius , that in bed was
slain : When every wight the cruel murder layeth To his two sons , that in bis
chamber layen : The judge , that by the proof perceived plain That they were
found fast ...
Well gave that judge his doom upon the death Of Titus Clelius , that in bed was
slain : When every wight the cruel murder layeth To his two sons , that in bis
chamber layen : The judge , that by the proof perceived plain That they were
found fast ...
Page 308
Look , as a stag , pierced with a fatal bow , When by a wood he walk'd securely
feeding , In coverts thick conceals his deadly blow , And feeling death swim in his
endless bleeding , His heavy head his fainting strength exceeding , Bids woods ...
Look , as a stag , pierced with a fatal bow , When by a wood he walk'd securely
feeding , In coverts thick conceals his deadly blow , And feeling death swim in his
endless bleeding , His heavy head his fainting strength exceeding , Bids woods ...
Page 321
Sad sleep , who fain his eyes in rest would steep ; Why then at death do weary
mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death , death's but a longer sleep . And now
th ' world and dreanis themselves were drown'd In deadly sleep ; the labourer ...
Sad sleep , who fain his eyes in rest would steep ; Why then at death do weary
mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death , death's but a longer sleep . And now
th ' world and dreanis themselves were drown'd In deadly sleep ; the labourer ...
Page 323
... Her body all of earth , her soul of fright , About her thousand deaths , but more
within : Pale , pined cheeks , black hair ... already felt The torturer's claws ,
preventing death and helk Within loud Grief , and roaring Pangs that swelt In
sulphur ...
... Her body all of earth , her soul of fright , About her thousand deaths , but more
within : Pale , pined cheeks , black hair ... already felt The torturer's claws ,
preventing death and helk Within loud Grief , and roaring Pangs that swelt In
sulphur ...
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| Title | Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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