Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... wonder , Was brought forth in flames and thunder In rage , in quarrels , and in fights , Worse than his tigers , he delights ; In all our Heaven I think there be No such ill - natur'd god as he . Thou pretendest , traitorous Wine ! To ...
... wonder , Was brought forth in flames and thunder In rage , in quarrels , and in fights , Worse than his tigers , he delights ; In all our Heaven I think there be No such ill - natur'd god as he . Thou pretendest , traitorous Wine ! To ...
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... wonder ! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan ; by blest song Lad . Shepherd , I take thy word And trust thy honest offer'd courtesy , Which oft is ...
... wonder ! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan ; by blest song Lad . Shepherd , I take thy word And trust thy honest offer'd courtesy , Which oft is ...
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... wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home , They had their name thence ; coarse complexions , And cheeks of sorry grain , will serve to ply The sampler , and to tease the huswife's wool . What need a vermeil ...
... wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home , They had their name thence ; coarse complexions , And cheeks of sorry grain , will serve to ply The sampler , and to tease the huswife's wool . What need a vermeil ...
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... wonder , fall'n such a pernicious highth . " He scarce had ceas'd when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield , Ethereal temper , massy , large and round , Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on ...
... wonder , fall'n such a pernicious highth . " He scarce had ceas'd when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield , Ethereal temper , massy , large and round , Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on ...
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... On high behests his angels to and fro Pass'd frequent , and his eye with choice regard To Beërsaba , where the Holy Land From Paneas , the fount of Jordan's flood , Borders on Egypt and the Arabian shore ; What wonder 47.
... On high behests his angels to and fro Pass'd frequent , and his eye with choice regard To Beërsaba , where the Holy Land From Paneas , the fount of Jordan's flood , Borders on Egypt and the Arabian shore ; What wonder 47.
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