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Page 43
... Close couched on the beaver , seemed to throw From flaming mouth bright sparkles , fiery red , That sudden horror to faint hearts did show ; And scaly tail was stretched down his back full low . L Upon the top of all his lofty crest ...
... Close couched on the beaver , seemed to throw From flaming mouth bright sparkles , fiery red , That sudden horror to faint hearts did show ; And scaly tail was stretched down his back full low . L Upon the top of all his lofty crest ...
Page 84
... , O thievish night , Why shouldst thou , but for some felonious end , In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars , That nature hung in Heaven , and filled their lamps With everlasting oil , to give due light To the 84 MILTON.
... , O thievish night , Why shouldst thou , but for some felonious end , In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars , That nature hung in Heaven , and filled their lamps With everlasting oil , to give due light To the 84 MILTON.
Page 105
... Close hid his castle ' mid embowering trees , That half shut out the beams of Phoebus bright , And made a kind of chequered day and night ; Meanwhile , unceasing at the massy gate , Beneath a spacious palm , the wicked wight Was placed ...
... Close hid his castle ' mid embowering trees , That half shut out the beams of Phoebus bright , And made a kind of chequered day and night ; Meanwhile , unceasing at the massy gate , Beneath a spacious palm , the wicked wight Was placed ...
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