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When first young Maro in his boundless mind A work to outlast immortal Rome design'd , Perhaps he seem'd above the critic's law , And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw : But when to examine every part he came , Nature and ...
When first young Maro in his boundless mind A work to outlast immortal Rome design'd , Perhaps he seem'd above the critic's law , And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw : But when to examine every part he came , Nature and ...
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Tis all in vain to hold thy Tongue , Or touch the Hollow of my Thigh : Though every Sinew be unstrung , Out of my Arms Thou shalt not fly ; Wrestling I will not let Thee go , Till I thy Name , thy Nature know .
Tis all in vain to hold thy Tongue , Or touch the Hollow of my Thigh : Though every Sinew be unstrung , Out of my Arms Thou shalt not fly ; Wrestling I will not let Thee go , Till I thy Name , thy Nature know .
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I know Thee , Saviour , who Thou art , JESUS the feeble Sinner's Friend ; Nor wilt Thou with the Night depart , But stay , and love me to the End ; Thy Mercies never shall remove , Thy Nature , and thy Name is Love .
I know Thee , Saviour , who Thou art , JESUS the feeble Sinner's Friend ; Nor wilt Thou with the Night depart , But stay , and love me to the End ; Thy Mercies never shall remove , Thy Nature , and thy Name is Love .
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Contents
CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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| Title | The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to Keats Volume 2 of The Oxford Library of English Poetry, John Wain |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192122460, 9780192122469 |
| Length | 511 pages |
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