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In the most terrible and nimble stroke Of quick cross lightning ? to watch - poor perdu ! - With this thin helm ? Mine enemy's dog , Though he had bit me , should have stood that night Against my fire . And wast thou fain , poor father ...
In the most terrible and nimble stroke Of quick cross lightning ? to watch - poor perdu ! - With this thin helm ? Mine enemy's dog , Though he had bit me , should have stood that night Against my fire . And wast thou fain , poor father ...
Page 585
For he is of the Lord's poor and so indeed is he called by benevolence perpetually - Poor Jeoffry ! poor Jeoffry ! the rat has bit thy throat . For I bless the name of the Lord Jesus that Jeoffry is better . For the divine spirit comes ...
For he is of the Lord's poor and so indeed is he called by benevolence perpetually - Poor Jeoffry ! poor Jeoffry ! the rat has bit thy throat . For I bless the name of the Lord Jesus that Jeoffry is better . For the divine spirit comes ...
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“ The priest often preaches Against worldly riches , But ne'er gives a mite to the poor , Well - a - day ! The lawyer lives under the hill , Gaffer Gray ; Warmly fenced both in back and in front . ' He will fasten his locks , And will ...
“ The priest often preaches Against worldly riches , But ne'er gives a mite to the poor , Well - a - day ! The lawyer lives under the hill , Gaffer Gray ; Warmly fenced both in back and in front . ' He will fasten his locks , And will ...
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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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