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Page 49
... youth , nor age ; But , as it were , an after - dinner sleep , Dreaming on both ! for all thy blessed youth Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld ; and when thou'rt old , and rich . Thou hast neither heat , affection ...
... youth , nor age ; But , as it were , an after - dinner sleep , Dreaming on both ! for all thy blessed youth Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld ; and when thou'rt old , and rich . Thou hast neither heat , affection ...
Page 69
... 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 . 69.
... 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 . 69.
Page 70
George Croly. And the jocund rebecks sound , To many a youth and many a maid , Dancing in the chequered shade ; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday ; Till the live - long daylight fail ; Then to the spicy nut ...
George Croly. And the jocund rebecks sound , To many a youth and many a maid , Dancing in the chequered shade ; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday ; Till the live - long daylight fail ; Then to the spicy nut ...
Page 83
... youth . Weep no more , woful shepherds , weep no more , For Lycidas , your sorrow , is not dead , Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor ; So sinks the day - star in the ocean bed , And yet anon repairs his drooping head , And ...
... youth . Weep no more , woful shepherds , weep no more , For Lycidas , your sorrow , is not dead , Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor ; So sinks the day - star in the ocean bed , And yet anon repairs his drooping head , And ...
Page 97
... youth around her shone But every eye was fixed on her alone . On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore , Which Jews might kiss , and Infidels adore , Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose , Quick as her eyes , and as unfixed ...
... youth around her shone But every eye was fixed on her alone . On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore , Which Jews might kiss , and Infidels adore , Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose , Quick as her eyes , and as unfixed ...
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