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... that tells the time , And see the brave day sunk in hideous night ; When I behold the violet past prime , And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white ; 321 329 When lofty trees I see barren of leaves , Which 138 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
... that tells the time , And see the brave day sunk in hideous night ; When I behold the violet past prime , And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white ; 321 329 When lofty trees I see barren of leaves , Which 138 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Page 142
... o'er dull and speechless tribes : And thou in this shalt find thy monument , When tyrants ' crests and tombs of brass are spent . CIX O , never say that I was false of heart , Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify . As easy might I ...
... o'er dull and speechless tribes : And thou in this shalt find thy monument , When tyrants ' crests and tombs of brass are spent . CIX O , never say that I was false of heart , Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify . As easy might I ...
Page 174
... O'er craggy mountains , and through flowery meads ; Invoked to testify the lover's care , Or form some image of his cruel fair . Urged with his fury , like a wounded deer , 5 ΙΟ O'er these he fled ; and now approaching near , Had ...
... O'er craggy mountains , and through flowery meads ; Invoked to testify the lover's care , Or form some image of his cruel fair . Urged with his fury , like a wounded deer , 5 ΙΟ O'er these he fled ; and now approaching near , Had ...
Page 184
... O'er all the Italian fields , where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold , who , having learnt thy way , Early may fly the Babylonian woe . ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent Ere ...
... O'er all the Italian fields , where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold , who , having learnt thy way , Early may fly the Babylonian woe . ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent Ere ...
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... o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night , and darkened all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a ...
... o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night , and darkened all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a ...
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Antistrophe arms art thou beauty breast breath bright Chaucer dark dead dear death delight dost doth doun dread dream earth eyes face fair fear flowers forto frae grace grief hand hast hath hear heart Heaven herte Hind Horn king kyng lady Lady of Shalott LAYAMON light live look Lord mind Mother Muse myght ne'er never night nought numbers nymph o'er Oxus pain poem praise quath quoth rest rose round Rustum sche shal shine sigh sight sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul speke spirit stars stood sweet swich tears thanne thee ther thine thing thou art thought thro trewe twas Tydeus unto voice wacz weep whan wild wind wings wolde words wyde wyll wyth youth ΙΟ