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Page 306
... here Nature first begins Her fardest verge , and Chaos to retire As from her outmost works a broken foe , With tumult less and with less hostile din , That Satan with less toil and now with ease Wafts on the calmer wave by dubious ...
... here Nature first begins Her fardest verge , and Chaos to retire As from her outmost works a broken foe , With tumult less and with less hostile din , That Satan with less toil and now with ease Wafts on the calmer wave by dubious ...
Page 317
Till I espied thee , fair indeed and tall , Under a platane ; yet methought less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , Than that smooth wat'ry image ; back I turned , Thou following cried'st aloud , " Return , fair Eve ...
Till I espied thee , fair indeed and tall , Under a platane ; yet methought less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , Than that smooth wat'ry image ; back I turned , Thou following cried'st aloud , " Return , fair Eve ...
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With distant voice neglected Virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint remonstrance falls ; Tir'd with contempt , she quits the slipp'ry reign , And Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass ...
With distant voice neglected Virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint remonstrance falls ; Tir'd with contempt , she quits the slipp'ry reign , And Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass ...
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FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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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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