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Page 38
... hour ; Yet hence the youth , and hence the flower , shall claim , If so I deem aright , transcending worth and fame . Behind some door in melancholy thought , Mindless of food , he , dreary caitiff ! pines ; Ne for his fellows ' joyance ...
... hour ; Yet hence the youth , and hence the flower , shall claim , If so I deem aright , transcending worth and fame . Behind some door in melancholy thought , Mindless of food , he , dreary caitiff ! pines ; Ne for his fellows ' joyance ...
Page 40
... hours In knightly castles or in ladies ' bowers . O vain to seek delight in earthly things ! But most in courts , where proud ambition towers . Deluded wight ! who weens fair peace can spring Beneath the pompous dome of kesar or of king ...
... hours In knightly castles or in ladies ' bowers . O vain to seek delight in earthly things ! But most in courts , where proud ambition towers . Deluded wight ! who weens fair peace can spring Beneath the pompous dome of kesar or of king ...
Page 46
... Hours , days , and years slide soft away , In health of body , peace of mind , Quiet by day , Sound sleep by night ; study and ease , Together mix'd ; sweet recreation ; And innocence , which most doth please With meditation . Thus let ...
... Hours , days , and years slide soft away , In health of body , peace of mind , Quiet by day , Sound sleep by night ; study and ease , Together mix'd ; sweet recreation ; And innocence , which most doth please With meditation . Thus let ...
Page 69
... hour . Then calling him away , I carried him , not to my castle , but quite away to my cave , on the farther part of the island . Here I gave him bread , and a bunch of raisins to eat , and a draught of water , which I found he was ...
... hour . Then calling him away , I carried him , not to my castle , but quite away to my cave , on the farther part of the island . Here I gave him bread , and a bunch of raisins to eat , and a draught of water , which I found he was ...
Page 70
... hour , he waked again , and comes out of the cave to me , for I had been milking my goats , which I had in the inclosure just by . When he espied me , he came running to me , lay- ing himself down again upon the ground , with all the ...
... hour , he waked again , and comes out of the cave to me , for I had been milking my goats , which I had in the inclosure just by . When he espied me , he came running to me , lay- ing himself down again upon the ground , with all the ...
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