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" Beating on these hollow caves; This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss: The rude portals that give light More to terror than delight; This my chamber of neglect, Walled about with disrespect. From all these, and this dull air, A... "
The uncompleted edition of Wither's poems, ed. by J.M. Gutch. 4 vols - Page 167
by George Wither - 1622
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...these and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might Therefore, thoa best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for, this, — POESY ! — thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals len.t. Tho' they as a trifle leave thee Whose dull thoughts can not conceive thee,...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ...

George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 476 pages
...neglect, Wall'd about with disrespect ; From all these, and this dull air A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by .her might To draw comfort and...this, — POESY ! — thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent. Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts can not conceive thee...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ...

George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 474 pages
...disrespect; From all these, and this dull air A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might Therefore, thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish...this,— POESY !—thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent. Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts can not conceive thee...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...Neglect, Wall'd about with Disrespect. From all these and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...thee for this. Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent : Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 7

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1823 - 426 pages
...Neglect, Wall'd about with Disrespect. From all these and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...thee for this. Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent: Though they, as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...Neglect, Wall'd about with Disrespect. From all these and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...thee for this. Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent: Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee,...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Neglect, Wall'd about with Disrespect : From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, sweet's content That e'er heaven to mortals lent, Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ...

John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...neglect, Wall'd about with disrespect, From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and delight. Therefore then, best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this ! Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er Heav'n...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect, From all these, anil this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...Therefore, thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thec for this. Poesie, thou sweet'st content, That e'er Heaven to mortals lent ; Though they as a trifle...
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Lives of Sacred Poets, Volume 1

Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 408 pages
...Neglect, Walled about with Disrespect, — From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for Dispair, She hath taught me by her might, To draw comfort and...best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesie, thou sweet'st content, That e're Heaven to mortals lent, Though they as a trifle leave thee,...
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