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Silence , and darkness ! solemn sisters ! twins From ancient night , who nurse the tender thought To reason ; and on reason built resolve , ( That column of true majesty in man ! ) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave ...
Silence , and darkness ! solemn sisters ! twins From ancient night , who nurse the tender thought To reason ; and on reason built resolve , ( That column of true majesty in man ! ) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave ...
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IV ' Tis thine to sing , how framing hideous spells In Sky's lone isle the gifted wizard seer , Lodged in the wintry cave with Or in the depth of Uist's dark forests dwells : How they , whose sight such dreary dreams engross ...
IV ' Tis thine to sing , how framing hideous spells In Sky's lone isle the gifted wizard seer , Lodged in the wintry cave with Or in the depth of Uist's dark forests dwells : How they , whose sight such dreary dreams engross ...
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The blaze , the splendor , and the symmetry , ' I cannot see -but darkness , death and darkness . ' Even here , into my centre of repose , ' The shady visions come to domineer , ' Insult , and blind , and stifle up my pomp.' Fall !
The blaze , the splendor , and the symmetry , ' I cannot see -but darkness , death and darkness . ' Even here , into my centre of repose , ' The shady visions come to domineer , ' Insult , and blind , and stifle up my pomp.' Fall !
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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| Title | The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to Keats Volume 2 of The Oxford Library of English Poetry, John Wain |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192122460, 9780192122469 |
| Length | 511 pages |
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