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The clouds in thousand liveries dight , While the plowman near at hand Whistles
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 .
The clouds in thousand liveries dight , While the plowman near at hand Whistles
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 .
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... and now believe That he , the Supreme Good , t'whom all things ill Are but as
slavish officers of vengeance , Would send a glist'ring guardian , if need were , To
keep my life and honour unassailed . Was I deceived , or did a sable cloud Turn ...
... and now believe That he , the Supreme Good , t'whom all things ill Are but as
slavish officers of vengeance , Would send a glist'ring guardian , if need were , To
keep my life and honour unassailed . Was I deceived , or did a sable cloud Turn ...
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Ye fearful saints , fresh courage take , The clouds ye so much dread , Are big with
mercy , and shall break In blessings on your head . Judge not the Lord by feeble
sense , But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a ...
Ye fearful saints , fresh courage take , The clouds ye so much dread , Are big with
mercy , and shall break In blessings on your head . Judge not the Lord by feeble
sense , But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a ...
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Look yonder at that cloud , which through the sky Sailing alone , doth cross in her
career The rolling moon ! I watched it as it came , And deemed the deep opake
would blot her beams ; But , melting like a wreath of snow , it hangs In folds of ...
Look yonder at that cloud , which through the sky Sailing alone , doth cross in her
career The rolling moon ! I watched it as it came , And deemed the deep opake
would blot her beams ; But , melting like a wreath of snow , it hangs In folds of ...
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... of a vale Far sunken from the healthy breath of morn , Far from the fiery noon ,
and eve's one star , Sat gray - haired Saturn , quiet as a stone , Still as the silence
round about his lair ; Forest on forest hung about his head Like cloud on cloud .
... of a vale Far sunken from the healthy breath of morn , Far from the fiery noon ,
and eve's one star , Sat gray - haired Saturn , quiet as a stone , Still as the silence
round about his lair ; Forest on forest hung about his head Like cloud on cloud .
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Editor | George Croly |
| Publisher | R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside ; and sold by L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1828 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 367 pages |
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