Spencer to CrabbeOxford University Press, 1990 - English poetry |
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... wings , and toward the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight ; sometimes He scours the right - hand coast , sometimes the left ; Now shaves with level wing the deep , then soars Up to the fiery concave tow'ring high : As when far ...
... wings , and toward the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight ; sometimes He scours the right - hand coast , sometimes the left ; Now shaves with level wing the deep , then soars Up to the fiery concave tow'ring high : As when far ...
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... wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight , Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light . Loose to the wind their airy garments flew , Thin glittering textures of the ...
... wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight , Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light . Loose to the wind their airy garments flew , Thin glittering textures of the ...
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... wings in vain : Or alum styptics with contracting power Shrink his thin essence like a rivell'd flower : Or , as Ixion fix'd , the wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling wheel , In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow , And ...
... wings in vain : Or alum styptics with contracting power Shrink his thin essence like a rivell'd flower : Or , as Ixion fix'd , the wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling wheel , In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow , And ...
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
GEORGE CHAPMAN 15601634 | 54 |
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