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Or liv'st thou now , with safer pride content , The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate , On weak foundations raise th ' enormous weight ? Why but to sink beneath misfortune's blow ...
Or liv'st thou now , with safer pride content , The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate , On weak foundations raise th ' enormous weight ? Why but to sink beneath misfortune's blow ...
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With distant voice neglected Virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint remonstrance falls ; Tir'd with contempt , she quits the slipp'ry reign , And Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass ...
With distant voice neglected Virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint remonstrance falls ; Tir'd with contempt , she quits the slipp'ry reign , And Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass ...
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The Duchess marked his weary pace , His timid mien , and reverend face , And bade her page the menials tell That they should tend the old man well : For she had known adversity , Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power ...
The Duchess marked his weary pace , His timid mien , and reverend face , And bade her page the menials tell That they should tend the old man well : For she had known adversity , Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power ...
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Contents
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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