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... past , Or free his feet , that in the mire stick fast ? Most envious man , that grieves at neighbours ' good , And fond , that joyest in the woe thou hast ; Why wilt not let him pass , that long hath stood Upon the bank , yet wilt ...
... past , Or free his feet , that in the mire stick fast ? Most envious man , that grieves at neighbours ' good , And fond , that joyest in the woe thou hast ; Why wilt not let him pass , that long hath stood Upon the bank , yet wilt ...
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... Ease to the body some , none to the mind , From restless thoughts , that like a deadly swarm Of hornets armed , no sooner found alone , D But rush upon me thronging , and present Times past MILTON From From Sampson Agonistes'
... Ease to the body some , none to the mind , From restless thoughts , that like a deadly swarm Of hornets armed , no sooner found alone , D But rush upon me thronging , and present Times past MILTON From From Sampson Agonistes'
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... past , what once I was , and what am now . O wherefore was my birth from heaven foretold Twice by an Angel , who at last , in sight Of both my parents , all in flames ascended From off the altar , where an offering burned , As in a ...
... past , what once I was , and what am now . O wherefore was my birth from heaven foretold Twice by an Angel , who at last , in sight Of both my parents , all in flames ascended From off the altar , where an offering burned , As in a ...
Page 58
... past , That shrunk thy streams ; return , Sicilian Muse , And call the vales , and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues . Ye valleys low , where the mild whispers use Of shades , and wanton winds , and ...
... past , That shrunk thy streams ; return , Sicilian Muse , And call the vales , and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues . Ye valleys low , where the mild whispers use Of shades , and wanton winds , and ...
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... past a doubt , All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire in each eye , and papers in each hand , They rave , recite , and madden round the land . What walls can guard me , or what shades can hide ? They pierce my thickets , through my ...
... past a doubt , All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire in each eye , and papers in each hand , They rave , recite , and madden round the land . What walls can guard me , or what shades can hide ? They pierce my thickets , through my ...
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