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Page 121
Instance , O instance ! strong as Pluto's gates ; Cressid is mine , tied with the bonds of heaven : Instance , O instance ! strong as heaven itself ; The bonds of heaven are slipp'd , dissolv'd , and loos'd ; And with another knot ...
Instance , O instance ! strong as Pluto's gates ; Cressid is mine , tied with the bonds of heaven : Instance , O instance ! strong as heaven itself ; The bonds of heaven are slipp'd , dissolv'd , and loos'd ; And with another knot ...
Page 168
Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back ? Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid ? O ! none , unless this miracle have might , That in black ink my love may still shine bright . LXVI Tir'd with all these , for restful death I ...
Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back ? Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid ? O ! none , unless this miracle have might , That in black ink my love may still shine bright . LXVI Tir'd with all these , for restful death I ...
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Though deep , yet clear , though gentle , yet not dull , Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . > ABRAHAM COWLEY 1618-1667 In Praise of Hope Hope , of all ills that men endure , The only cheap and universal cure !
Though deep , yet clear , though gentle , yet not dull , Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . > ABRAHAM COWLEY 1618-1667 In Praise of Hope Hope , of all ills that men endure , The only cheap and universal cure !
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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