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... cloud painted by the sun . The stern superstitions of the republicans , the military array of the land , the vast prayer - meetings , and the fierce and gloomy assemblages , whether for war , coun- cil , or worship , are to be traced in ...
... cloud painted by the sun . The stern superstitions of the republicans , the military array of the land , the vast prayer - meetings , and the fierce and gloomy assemblages , whether for war , coun- cil , or worship , are to be traced in ...
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... clouds more black than jet Both roof , and floor , and walls were all of gold , But overgrown with dust and old decay , And hid in darkness , that none could behold The hue thereof : for view of cheerful day Did never in that house ...
... clouds more black than jet Both roof , and floor , and walls were all of gold , But overgrown with dust and old decay , And hid in darkness , that none could behold The hue thereof : for view of cheerful day Did never in that house ...
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... attaint , As when a cloud his beams doth overlay ; And silver Cynthia waxed pale and faint , As when her face is stained with magic arts constraint THE CAVE OF MERLIN . Forthwith themselves disguising , both 44 SPENCER .
... attaint , As when a cloud his beams doth overlay ; And silver Cynthia waxed pale and faint , As when her face is stained with magic arts constraint THE CAVE OF MERLIN . Forthwith themselves disguising , both 44 SPENCER .
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... cloud instead , and ever - during dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair , Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom , at one ...
... cloud instead , and ever - during dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair , Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom , at one ...
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... not unseen By hedge row elms , on hillocks green , Right against the eastern gate , Where the great sun begins his state , Rohed in flames , and amber light , The clouds in thousand liveries dight , While the plowman 68 MILTON .
... not unseen By hedge row elms , on hillocks green , Right against the eastern gate , Where the great sun begins his state , Rohed in flames , and amber light , The clouds in thousand liveries dight , While the plowman 68 MILTON .
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