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... Rose PAGE 59 69 70 The Doves Ode to Apollo 71 · 73 The Dog and the Water Lily The Shrubbery · The Negro's Complaint Pity for Poor Africans The Morning Dream The Nightingale and Glow - worm The Pineapples and the Bee · Verses , supposed ...
... Rose PAGE 59 69 70 The Doves Ode to Apollo 71 · 73 The Dog and the Water Lily The Shrubbery · The Negro's Complaint Pity for Poor Africans The Morning Dream The Nightingale and Glow - worm The Pineapples and the Bee · Verses , supposed ...
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... a foul and midnight murder fed , Revere his consort's faith , his father's fame , And spare the meek usurper's holy head . " Above , below , the rose of snow , 30 90 10 The bristled boar ° in infant - gore Wallows beneath THE BARD 25 15.
... a foul and midnight murder fed , Revere his consort's faith , his father's fame , And spare the meek usurper's holy head . " Above , below , the rose of snow , 30 90 10 The bristled boar ° in infant - gore Wallows beneath THE BARD 25 15.
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... rose : 80 Then I leave thee to repose . PROPHETESS Ha ! no traveller art thou , King of men , I know thee now ; Mightiest of a mighty line . ODIN No boding maid of skill divine Art thou , nor prophetess of good ; 85 But mother of the ...
... rose : 80 Then I leave thee to repose . PROPHETESS Ha ! no traveller art thou , King of men , I know thee now ; Mightiest of a mighty line . ODIN No boding maid of skill divine Art thou , nor prophetess of good ; 85 But mother of the ...
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... rose , and with a grace She smiled , and bid him come to dinner . " Jesu - Maria ! Madam Bridget , " " Why , what can the Viscountess mean ? ( Cried the square - hoods in woful fidget , ) " The times are altered quite and clean ...
... rose , and with a grace She smiled , and bid him come to dinner . " Jesu - Maria ! Madam Bridget , " " Why , what can the Viscountess mean ? ( Cried the square - hoods in woful fidget , ) " The times are altered quite and clean ...
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... rose , And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows . Proud of the yoke , and pliant to the rod , Why yet does Ásia dread a monarch's nod , While European freedom still withstands .55 60 The encroaching tide that drowns her lessening lands ...
... rose , And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows . Proud of the yoke , and pliant to the rod , Why yet does Ásia dread a monarch's nod , While European freedom still withstands .55 60 The encroaching tide that drowns her lessening lands ...
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