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... wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight , Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light . Loose to the wind their airy garments flew , Thin glittering textures of the ...
... wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight , Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light . Loose to the wind their airy garments flew , Thin glittering textures of the ...
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... wings in vain : Or alum styptics with contracting power Shrink his thin essence like a rivell'd flower : Or , as Ixion fix'd , the wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling wheel , In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow , And ...
... wings in vain : Or alum styptics with contracting power Shrink his thin essence like a rivell'd flower : Or , as Ixion fix'd , the wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling wheel , In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow , And ...
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... wings this orb Possess'd for glory , two fair argent wings , Ever exalted at the God's approach : And now , 492 JOHN KEATS.
... wings this orb Possess'd for glory , two fair argent wings , Ever exalted at the God's approach : And now , 492 JOHN KEATS.
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of Dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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