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... plain The hill , that hides his head above the skies , Shall fall : the plain by slow degrees shall rise Higher than erst had stood the summit - hill : For time must Nature's great behests fulfill . Thus by a length of years , and ...
... plain The hill , that hides his head above the skies , Shall fall : the plain by slow degrees shall rise Higher than erst had stood the summit - hill : For time must Nature's great behests fulfill . Thus by a length of years , and ...
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... plain , She'd do't if ' twere to do again : Thank God , ' twas neither shame nor sin , For John was come of honest kin . Love never thinks of rich and poor ; She'd beg with John from door to door . Forgive her , if it be a crime ; She ...
... plain , She'd do't if ' twere to do again : Thank God , ' twas neither shame nor sin , For John was come of honest kin . Love never thinks of rich and poor ; She'd beg with John from door to door . Forgive her , if it be a crime ; She ...
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... plain amid the forest deep , That drowsy rusted to the sighing gale ; And still a coil the grashopper did keep : Yet all these sounds yblent inclinèd all to sleep . 30 335 V Full in the passage of the vale , above , A sable , silent ...
... plain amid the forest deep , That drowsy rusted to the sighing gale ; And still a coil the grashopper did keep : Yet all these sounds yblent inclinèd all to sleep . 30 335 V Full in the passage of the vale , above , A sable , silent ...
Contents
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Copyright | |
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