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... o'er with steel , Covered with cloth of gold , embroidered well , Riding like the dreadful war god , Mars . His coat armour was of a cloth of Tarse , Covered with pearls , white , round , and great CHAUCER . 33 Description of the Kings ...
... o'er with steel , Covered with cloth of gold , embroidered well , Riding like the dreadful war god , Mars . His coat armour was of a cloth of Tarse , Covered with pearls , white , round , and great CHAUCER . 33 Description of the Kings ...
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... That strain again ; —it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets , Stealing and giving odour 5 STANDAR MATC HUMAN LIFE . Reason thus with life , 48 SHAKESPEARE . Music.
... That strain again ; —it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets , Stealing and giving odour 5 STANDAR MATC HUMAN LIFE . Reason thus with life , 48 SHAKESPEARE . Music.
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... , -puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear the ills we have , Than fly to others that we know not of ! This conscience does make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er SHAKESPEARE 55 Death.
... , -puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear the ills we have , Than fly to others that we know not of ! This conscience does make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er SHAKESPEARE 55 Death.
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George Croly. And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment , With this regard , their currents turn awry , And lose the name of action . HUMAN LIFE ...
George Croly. And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment , With this regard , their currents turn awry , And lose the name of action . HUMAN LIFE ...
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... o'er the furrowed land , And the milkmaid singeth blithe , And the mower wets his scythe , And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale . Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it ...
... o'er the furrowed land , And the milkmaid singeth blithe , And the mower wets his scythe , And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale . Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it ...
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