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... rise in visionary crowds , And all with sober accent cry , " Think , mortal , what it is to die . ' Song WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and airs All bright as an angel new dropped from the sky , At distance I gaze and am awed by ...
... rise in visionary crowds , And all with sober accent cry , " Think , mortal , what it is to die . ' Song WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and airs All bright as an angel new dropped from the sky , At distance I gaze and am awed by ...
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... rise superior to my Pain , When I am weak then I am strong , And when my All of Strength shall fail , I shall with the GOD - man prevail . My Strength is gone , my Nature dies , I sink beneath thy weighty Hand , Faint to revive , and ...
... rise superior to my Pain , When I am weak then I am strong , And when my All of Strength shall fail , I shall with the GOD - man prevail . My Strength is gone , my Nature dies , I sink beneath thy weighty Hand , Faint to revive , and ...
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... rise , the happy seats explore , And bear oppression's insolence no more . This mournful truth is ev'ry where ... rising dome ; The price of boroughs and of souls restore , And raise his treasures higher than before . Now bless'd with ...
... rise , the happy seats explore , And bear oppression's insolence no more . This mournful truth is ev'ry where ... rising dome ; The price of boroughs and of souls restore , And raise his treasures higher than before . Now bless'd with ...
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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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