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... death . The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds ! Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor - victim bleeds . 295 owe ] own . Your heads must come To the cold tomb : Only 304 JAMES SHIRLEY.
... death . The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds ! Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor - victim bleeds . 295 owe ] own . Your heads must come To the cold tomb : Only 304 JAMES SHIRLEY.
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... Death of Mr. William Hervey was a a fearful It was a dismal , and a fearful nighth unwilling Light , When Sleep , Death's image , left my troubled breast By something liker Death possest . My eyes with tears did uncommanded flow , And ...
... Death of Mr. William Hervey was a a fearful It was a dismal , and a fearful nighth unwilling Light , When Sleep , Death's image , left my troubled breast By something liker Death possest . My eyes with tears did uncommanded flow , And ...
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... Death - mate , and no other , on board the skeleton ship . Like vessel , like crew ! Death and Life - in - Death have diced for the ship's crew , and she ( the latter ) winneth the ancient Mariner . No twilight within the courts of the ...
... Death - mate , and no other , on board the skeleton ship . Like vessel , like crew ! Death and Life - in - Death have diced for the ship's crew , and she ( the latter ) winneth the ancient Mariner . No twilight within the courts of the ...
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50 | 73 |
Alexander Montgomerie b 1540 d | 80 |
Fulke Greville Lord Brooke b 1554 | 145 |
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918 Arthur Quiller-Couch,Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch No preview available - 1966 |
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