Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... falling all ; Poor Anacreon , how they fall ! Whether I grow old or no , By th ' effects , I do not know ; This I know , without being told " Tis time to live , if I grow old ; " Tis time short pleasures now to take Of little life the ...
... falling all ; Poor Anacreon , how they fall ! Whether I grow old or no , By th ' effects , I do not know ; This I know , without being told " Tis time to live , if I grow old ; " Tis time short pleasures now to take Of little life the ...
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... fall , the Serpent , or rather Satan in the serpent ; who , revolting from God , and drawing to his side many legions of angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which ...
... fall , the Serpent , or rather Satan in the serpent ; who , revolting from God , and drawing to his side many legions of angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which ...
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... fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose guile , Stirr'd up with envy and revenge ...
... fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose guile , Stirr'd up with envy and revenge ...
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... Fall'n cherub , to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering ; but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist . If then his ...
... Fall'n cherub , to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering ; but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist . If then his ...
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... fall'n , I give not Heaven for lost . From this descent Celestial virtues rising , will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to fear no second fate . Me though just right , and the fix'd laws of ...
... fall'n , I give not Heaven for lost . From this descent Celestial virtues rising , will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to fear no second fate . Me though just right , and the fix'd laws of ...
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