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Most envious man , that grieves at neighbours ' good , And fond , that joyest in the
wo thou hast ; Why wilt not let him pass , that long hath stood Upon the bank , yet
wilt thyself not pass the flood ? " He there does now enjoy eternal rest And ...
Most envious man , that grieves at neighbours ' good , And fond , that joyest in the
wo thou hast ; Why wilt not let him pass , that long hath stood Upon the bank , yet
wilt thyself not pass the flood ? " He there does now enjoy eternal rest And ...
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... desire To draw thy days forth to their last degree ? Is not the ineasure of thy
sinful hire High heaped up with huge iniquity Against the day of wrath , to burden
thee ? Is ' t not enough , that to this lady mild Thou falsed hast thy faith with
perjury ...
... desire To draw thy days forth to their last degree ? Is not the ineasure of thy
sinful hire High heaped up with huge iniquity Against the day of wrath , to burden
thee ? Is ' t not enough , that to this lady mild Thou falsed hast thy faith with
perjury ...
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Thou ' rt not thyself ; For thou exist ' st on many a thousand grains That issue out
of dust : happy thou art not ; For what thou hast not , still thou striv ' st to get ; And
what thou hast , forget ' st ' ; thou art not certain ; For thy complexion shifts to ...
Thou ' rt not thyself ; For thou exist ' st on many a thousand grains That issue out
of dust : happy thou art not ; For what thou hast not , still thou striv ' st to get ; And
what thou hast , forget ' st ' ; thou art not certain ; For thy complexion shifts to ...
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Cromwell , I did not think to shed a tear , In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced
me Out of thy honest truth to play the woman . Let ' s dry our eyes : and thus far
hear me , Cromwell , And , when I am forgotten , as I shall be , And sleep in dull ...
Cromwell , I did not think to shed a tear , In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced
me Out of thy honest truth to play the woman . Let ' s dry our eyes : and thus far
hear me , Cromwell , And , when I am forgotten , as I shall be , And sleep in dull ...
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Thou hadst ; whom hast thou then , or what t ' accuse , But Heaven ' s free love
dealt equally to all ? Be then his love accursed , since love or hate , To me alike it
deals eternal wo . Nay , cursed be thou ; since against his thy will Chose ...
Thou hadst ; whom hast thou then , or what t ' accuse , But Heaven ' s free love
dealt equally to all ? Be then his love accursed , since love or hate , To me alike it
deals eternal wo . Nay , cursed be thou ; since against his thy will Chose ...
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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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