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Page 44
... Or daunt unequal armies of his foes , Or when the flying heavens he would
affray : For so exceeding shone its glistening ray , That Phæbus ' golden face it
did attaint , As when a cloud his beams doth overlay ; And silver Cynthia waxed
pale ...
... Or daunt unequal armies of his foes , Or when the flying heavens he would
affray : For so exceeding shone its glistening ray , That Phæbus ' golden face it
did attaint , As when a cloud his beams doth overlay ; And silver Cynthia waxed
pale ...
Page 88
... pure as her mind : Her face was veiled , yet to my fancied sight , Love ,
sweetness , goodness , in her person shined So clear , as in her face with more
deliglit ; But 0 , as to embrace me she inclined , I waked , she fled , and day
brought back ...
... pure as her mind : Her face was veiled , yet to my fancied sight , Love ,
sweetness , goodness , in her person shined So clear , as in her face with more
deliglit ; But 0 , as to embrace me she inclined , I waked , she fled , and day
brought back ...
Page 297
Nor only o'er the Dial's face , This silent phantom , day by day , With slow ,
unseen , unceasing pace , Steals moments , months , and years away ; From
hoary rock and aged tree , From proud Palmyra's mouldering walls From
Teneriffe ...
Nor only o'er the Dial's face , This silent phantom , day by day , With slow ,
unseen , unceasing pace , Steals moments , months , and years away ; From
hoary rock and aged tree , From proud Palmyra's mouldering walls From
Teneriffe ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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