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Page 347
... stream was sent , Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore . Alas ! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherds trade , And strictly meditate the thankles Muse , Were it not better don as others use , To ...
... stream was sent , Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore . Alas ! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherds trade , And strictly meditate the thankles Muse , Were it not better don as others use , To ...
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... stream Alcmena's dreadful son Ply his bow : -such a price The Gods exact for song ; To become what we sing . They see the Indian On his mountain lake : -but squalle Make their skiff reel , and worms In the unkind spring have gnaw'd ...
... stream Alcmena's dreadful son Ply his bow : -such a price The Gods exact for song ; To become what we sing . They see the Indian On his mountain lake : -but squalle Make their skiff reel , and worms In the unkind spring have gnaw'd ...
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... streams . 84 Past ruin'd Ilion Helen lives 575 Peace , Shepherd , peace ! What boots it singing on ? Perhaps , long ... stream , in whose transparent wave Put out to sea , if wine thou wouldest make 478 923 Queen and huntress , chaste ...
... streams . 84 Past ruin'd Ilion Helen lives 575 Peace , Shepherd , peace ! What boots it singing on ? Perhaps , long ... stream , in whose transparent wave Put out to sea , if wine thou wouldest make 478 923 Queen and huntress , chaste ...
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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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