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... hour , The rifted mounds their yawning cells unfold , And forth the monarchs stalk with sov'reign power In pageant robes , and wreathed with sheeny gold , And on their twilight tombs aerial council hold . X But O ! o'er all , forget not ...
... hour , The rifted mounds their yawning cells unfold , And forth the monarchs stalk with sov'reign power In pageant robes , and wreathed with sheeny gold , And on their twilight tombs aerial council hold . X But O ! o'er all , forget not ...
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... hours that e'er I spend , Are spent amang the lasses O ! There's nought but care on ev'ry han ' , In ev'ry hour that passes O ; What signifies the life o ' man , An ' ' twere na for the lasses O. The warly race may riches chase , An ...
... hours that e'er I spend , Are spent amang the lasses O ! There's nought but care on ev'ry han ' , In ev'ry hour that passes O ; What signifies the life o ' man , An ' ' twere na for the lasses O. The warly race may riches chase , An ...
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... hour ; Now , frowning , smiling , for the hundredth time , The nurse , that ancient lady , preached decorum ; And , in the lustre of her youth , she gave Her hand , with her heart in it , to Francesco . Great was the joy ; but at the ...
... hour ; Now , frowning , smiling , for the hundredth time , The nurse , that ancient lady , preached decorum ; And , in the lustre of her youth , she gave Her hand , with her heart in it , to Francesco . Great was the joy ; but at the ...
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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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