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Page 54
... heard — say , I taught thee , --- Say , Wolsey , that once trod the ways of glory , And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour , Found thee a way , out of his wreck , to rise in ; A sure and safe one , though thy master missed it ...
... heard — say , I taught thee , --- Say , Wolsey , that once trod the ways of glory , And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour , Found thee a way , out of his wreck , to rise in ; A sure and safe one , though thy master missed it ...
Page 56
... heard no more : it is a tale Told by an idiot , full of sound and fury , Signifying nothing . I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fallen into the sere , the yellow leaf : And that which should accompany old age , As honour ...
... heard no more : it is a tale Told by an idiot , full of sound and fury , Signifying nothing . I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fallen into the sere , the yellow leaf : And that which should accompany old age , As honour ...
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... heard the nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallowed haunt . There in close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from Day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery work ...
... heard the nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallowed haunt . There in close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from Day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery work ...
Page 78
... opening eyelids of the morn , We drove a - field , and both together heard What time the gray fly winds her sultry horn , Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night , 1 Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Toward 78 MILTON.
... opening eyelids of the morn , We drove a - field , and both together heard What time the gray fly winds her sultry horn , Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night , 1 Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Toward 78 MILTON.
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... heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds , And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea ; He asked the waves , and asked the felon winds , What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain ? And questioned ...
... heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds , And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea ; He asked the waves , and asked the felon winds , What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain ? And questioned ...
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