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There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelmed With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns , and welt'ring by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and named ...
There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelmed With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns , and welt'ring by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and named ...
Page 282
From this descent Celestial Virtues rising will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to fear no second fate . Me though just right and the fixed laws of heav'n Did first create your leader ...
From this descent Celestial Virtues rising will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to fear no second fate . Me though just right and the fixed laws of heav'n Did first create your leader ...
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Unnumber'd suppliants crowd Preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be great ; Delusive Fortune hears th ' incessant call , They mount , they shine , evaporate , and fall . On ev'ry stage the foes of peace attend ...
Unnumber'd suppliants crowd Preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be great ; Delusive Fortune hears th ' incessant call , They mount , they shine , evaporate , and fall . On ev'ry stage the foes of peace attend ...
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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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