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Page 37
Is not short pain well borne , that brings long ease , And lays the soul to sleep in
quiet grave ? Sleep after toil , ort after stormy seas , Fase after war , death after
life , doth greatly please . ” The knight much wondered at his sudden wit , And ...
Is not short pain well borne , that brings long ease , And lays the soul to sleep in
quiet grave ? Sleep after toil , ort after stormy seas , Fase after war , death after
life , doth greatly please . ” The knight much wondered at his sudden wit , And ...
Page 49
... by thy flight to shun , Yet run'st toward him still : thou art by no means valiant ;
For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor worm ; thy best of rest is sleep
, And that thou oft provok'st ; yet grossly fear'st Thy death , which is no more .
... by thy flight to shun , Yet run'st toward him still : thou art by no means valiant ;
For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor worm ; thy best of rest is sleep
, And that thou oft provok'st ; yet grossly fear'st Thy death , which is no more .
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—To die — to sleepNo more ; —and by a sleep to say we end The heart - ache ,
and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to : - ' tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished . To die , -to sleep ;To sleep ! perchance to dream ; aye ...
—To die — to sleepNo more ; —and by a sleep to say we end The heart - ache ,
and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to : - ' tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished . To die , -to sleep ;To sleep ! perchance to dream ; aye ...
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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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