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Page 25
... youth nor age ; But , as it were , an after - dinner's sleep , Dreaming on both ; for all thy blessed youth Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld ; and when thou art old , and rich , Thou hast neither heat , affection ...
... youth nor age ; But , as it were , an after - dinner's sleep , Dreaming on both ; for all thy blessed youth Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld ; and when thou art old , and rich , Thou hast neither heat , affection ...
Page 45
... 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 . 45.
... 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 . 45.
Page 46
... 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 - brown ale , With stories told of many a feat , How ...
... 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 - brown ale , With stories told of many a feat , How ...
Page 59
... youth . Weep no more , woeful 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 , woeful 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 73
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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