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master - pieces , whose equals are not to be found in the whole compass of the
living languages , nor perhaps of the poet ' s delight in praise , he seems to have
utterly disregarded fame . He left his writings to the false and garbled copies of ...
master - pieces , whose equals are not to be found in the whole compass of the
living languages , nor perhaps of the poet ' s delight in praise , he seems to have
utterly disregarded fame . He left his writings to the false and garbled copies of ...
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... his head he wore of laurel green A garland , fresh and beauteous to be seen ;
And on his hand he bare , for his delight , An eagle tame , as any lily white ; About
him ran and played their wilful game Full many a lion and a leopard tame .
... his head he wore of laurel green A garland , fresh and beauteous to be seen ;
And on his hand he bare , for his delight , An eagle tame , as any lily white ; About
him ran and played their wilful game Full many a lion and a leopard tame .
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But chief of all O loss of sight , of thee I most coinplain ! Blind among enemies , O
worse than chains , Dungeon , or beggary , or decrepit age ! Light , the prime
work of God , to me extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annulled ,
which ...
But chief of all O loss of sight , of thee I most coinplain ! Blind among enemies , O
worse than chains , Dungeon , or beggary , or decrepit age ! Light , the prime
work of God , to me extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annulled ,
which ...
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... fall : so should I purchase . dear - This knows my punisher ; therefore as far
From granting he , as I from begging peace : All hope excluded thus , behold
instead Of us outcast , exiled , his new delight Mankind created , and for him this
world .
... fall : so should I purchase . dear - This knows my punisher ; therefore as far
From granting he , as I from begging peace : All hope excluded thus , behold
instead Of us outcast , exiled , his new delight Mankind created , and for him this
world .
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... bind the sheaves ; Or if the earlier season lead To the tanned haycock in the
mead . Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite , When the
merry bells ring round , And the jocund rebecks sound , To many a youth MILTON
.
... bind the sheaves ; Or if the earlier season lead To the tanned haycock in the
mead . Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite , When the
merry bells ring round , And the jocund rebecks sound , To many a youth MILTON
.
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1857 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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