The Beauties of the British PoetsR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1828 - 367 páginas |
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... wretched man , of death hath greatest need , If in true balance thou wilt weigh thy state ; For never knight , that dared warlike deed , More luckless disadventures did await . Witness the dungeon deep , wherein of late Thy life shut up ...
... wretched man , of death hath greatest need , If in true balance thou wilt weigh thy state ; For never knight , that dared warlike deed , More luckless disadventures did await . Witness the dungeon deep , wherein of late Thy life shut up ...
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... wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes ' favours . There is , betwixt that smile we would aspire to , The sweet aspect of princes , and our ruin , More pangs and fears than war or women have ; And when he falls , he falls like ...
... wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes ' favours . There is , betwixt that smile we would aspire to , The sweet aspect of princes , and our ruin , More pangs and fears than war or women have ; And when he falls , he falls like ...
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... What need they ? They are sped ; And , when they list , their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up , and are not fed , But , swoln with wind , and the rank mist Milton . 57.
... What need they ? They are sped ; And , when they list , their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up , and are not fed , But , swoln with wind , and the rank mist Milton . 57.
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... wretched I ? Who can't be silent , and who will not lie . To laugh were want of goodness and of grace , And to be grave , exceeds all power of face . I sit with sad civility , I read With honest anguish and an aching head , And drop at ...
... wretched I ? Who can't be silent , and who will not lie . To laugh were want of goodness and of grace , And to be grave , exceeds all power of face . I sit with sad civility , I read With honest anguish and an aching head , And drop at ...
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... wretch half wishes for his bonds again . While , uproar all , the wilderness resounds , From Atlas eastward , to the frighted Nile . Unhappy he ! who , from the first of joys , Society , cut off , is left alone Amid this world of death ...
... wretch half wishes for his bonds again . While , uproar all , the wilderness resounds , From Atlas eastward , to the frighted Nile . Unhappy he ! who , from the first of joys , Society , cut off , is left alone Amid this world of death ...
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