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Page 116
... eyes the streams of dotage flow , And Swift expires a driveller and a show . The teeming mother , anxious for her race , Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd ...
... eyes the streams of dotage flow , And Swift expires a driveller and a show . The teeming mother , anxious for her race , Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd ...
Page 375
... eyes looked love to eyes which spake again , And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? -No ; ' twas but the wind , Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ...
... eyes looked love to eyes which spake again , And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? -No ; ' twas but the wind , Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ...
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... eyes for all that they desire . VII Full of this whim was thoughtful Madeline : The music , yearning like a God in pain , She scarcely heard : her maiden eyes divine , Fix'd on the floor , saw many a sweeping train Pass by - she heeded ...
... eyes for all that they desire . VII Full of this whim was thoughtful Madeline : The music , yearning like a God in pain , She scarcely heard : her maiden eyes divine , Fix'd on the floor , saw many a sweeping train Pass by - she heeded ...
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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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