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... stood so high in the scale of excellence , and preserved so well the accent of our older poetry , that there is no gap in the train of song , and to - day ( except where our gentler manners are offended ) no word of Shakespeare need be ...
... stood so high in the scale of excellence , and preserved so well the accent of our older poetry , that there is no gap in the train of song , and to - day ( except where our gentler manners are offended ) no word of Shakespeare need be ...
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... stood Unstain'd with hostile blood , The Trumpet spake not to the armèd throng , And Kings sat still with aweful eye , As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by . But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of light His reign of ...
... stood Unstain'd with hostile blood , The Trumpet spake not to the armèd throng , And Kings sat still with aweful eye , As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by . But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of light His reign of ...
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... order serviceable . Milton , 1629 . XXVII . youngest - teemed ] latest born , that is the star of Bethlehem . fixed ] stood still over the stable . harnessed ] armoured . 41 * Christmas Antiphon THOU whose birth on earth Angels 84.
... order serviceable . Milton , 1629 . XXVII . youngest - teemed ] latest born , that is the star of Bethlehem . fixed ] stood still over the stable . harnessed ] armoured . 41 * Christmas Antiphon THOU whose birth on earth Angels 84.
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... stood still , And listens like a three years ' child : The Mariner hath his will . The Wedding - Guest sat on a stone : He cannot choose but hear ; And thus spake on that ancient man , The bright - eyed Mariner : - ' The ship was cheer ...
... stood still , And listens like a three years ' child : The Mariner hath his will . The Wedding - Guest sat on a stone : He cannot choose but hear ; And thus spake on that ancient man , The bright - eyed Mariner : - ' The ship was cheer ...
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... stood ! I bit my arm , I suck'd the blood , And cried , A sail ! a sail ! ' With throats unslaked , with black lips baked , Agape they heard me call : Gramercy ! they for joy did grin , And all at once their breath drew in , As they ...
... stood ! I bit my arm , I suck'd the blood , And cried , A sail ! a sail ! ' With throats unslaked , with black lips baked , Agape they heard me call : Gramercy ! they for joy did grin , And all at once their breath drew in , As they ...
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