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A vial next she fills with fainting fears , Soft sorrows , melting griefs , and flowing tears . The gnome rejoicing bears her gifts away , Spreads his black wings , and slowly mounts to day . Sunk in Thalestris ' arms the nymph he found ...
A vial next she fills with fainting fears , Soft sorrows , melting griefs , and flowing tears . The gnome rejoicing bears her gifts away , Spreads his black wings , and slowly mounts to day . Sunk in Thalestris ' arms the nymph he found ...
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And not sit beside the nest , Pouring pity in their breast ; And not sit the cradle near , Weeping tear on infant's tear ; And not sit both night & day , Wiping all our tears away ? O ! no never can it be ! Never , never can it be !
And not sit beside the nest , Pouring pity in their breast ; And not sit the cradle near , Weeping tear on infant's tear ; And not sit both night & day , Wiping all our tears away ? O ! no never can it be ! Never , never can it be !
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He had lived for his love , for his country he died , They were all that to life had entwined him ; Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried , Nor long will his love stay behind him . Oh ! make her a grave where the sunbeams ...
He had lived for his love , for his country he died , They were all that to life had entwined him ; Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried , Nor long will his love stay behind him . Oh ! make her a grave where the sunbeams ...
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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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