Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... youth allow me , Just what they by Nature owe me , The time that's mine , and not their own , The certain tribute of my crown : When they grow old , they grow to be Too busy , or too wise , for me . Thou wert wiser , and didst know None ...
... youth allow me , Just what they by Nature owe me , The time that's mine , and not their own , The certain tribute of my crown : When they grow old , they grow to be Too busy , or too wise , for me . Thou wert wiser , and didst know None ...
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... vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold ; Look homeward , angel , now , and melt with ruth And , O ye dolphins , waft the hapless youth 160 Weep no more , woful shepherds , weep no more 20 MILTON .
... vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold ; Look homeward , angel , now , and melt with ruth And , O ye dolphins , waft the hapless youth 160 Weep no more , woful shepherds , weep no more 20 MILTON .
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... youth , And sent them here through hard assays With a crown of deathless praise , To triumph in victorious dance O'er sensual Folly and Intemperance . The dances [ being ] ended , the Spirit epiloguizes . Spir . To the ocean now I fly ...
... youth , And sent them here through hard assays With a crown of deathless praise , To triumph in victorious dance O'er sensual Folly and Intemperance . The dances [ being ] ended , the Spirit epiloguizes . Spir . To the ocean now I fly ...
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... Youth smil'd celestial , and to every limb Suitable grace diffus'd , so well he feign'd : Under a coronet his flowing hair In curls on either cheek play'd ; wings he wore , Of many a color'd plume , sprinkled with gold ; His habit fit ...
... Youth smil'd celestial , and to every limb Suitable grace diffus'd , so well he feign'd : Under a coronet his flowing hair In curls on either cheek play'd ; wings he wore , Of many a color'd plume , sprinkled with gold ; His habit fit ...
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... youth of Heaven , but nigh at hand Celestial armory , shields , helms , and spears , Hung high , with diamond flaming and with gold . Thither came Uriel , gliding through the even On a sun - beam , swift as a shooting star In autumn ...
... youth of Heaven , but nigh at hand Celestial armory , shields , helms , and spears , Hung high , with diamond flaming and with gold . Thither came Uriel , gliding through the even On a sun - beam , swift as a shooting star In autumn ...
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