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Page 113
There's the respect That makes calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time , The oppressor's wrong , the proud man's contumely , The pangs of dispriz'd love , the law's delay , The insolence of office ...
There's the respect That makes calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time , The oppressor's wrong , the proud man's contumely , The pangs of dispriz'd love , the law's delay , The insolence of office ...
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Thou'dst shun a bear ; But if thy flight lay toward the roaring sea , Thou'dst meet the bear i ' the mouth . When the mind's free The body's delicate ; the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats ...
Thou'dst shun a bear ; But if thy flight lay toward the roaring sea , Thou'dst meet the bear i ' the mouth . When the mind's free The body's delicate ; the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats ...
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Whose procreation , residence and birth , Scarce is dividant , touch them with several fortunes ; The greater scorns the lesser : not nature , To whom all sores lay siege , can bear great fortune , But by contempt of nature .
Whose procreation , residence and birth , Scarce is dividant , touch them with several fortunes ; The greater scorns the lesser : not nature , To whom all sores lay siege , can bear great fortune , But by contempt of nature .
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Contents
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
GEORGE CHAPMAN 15601634 | 54 |
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| Title | The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Spencer to Crabbe Oxford Paperbacks Volume 1 of The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry, Oxford library of English poetry |
| Author | Oxford library of English poetry |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192827987, 9780192827982 |
| Length | 659 pages |
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