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... stand , Their savage eyes turn'd to a modest gaze , By the sweet power of music : therefore the poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees , stones , and floods ; Since nought so stockish , hard , and full of rage , But music for the time ...
... stand , Their savage eyes turn'd to a modest gaze , By the sweet power of music : therefore the poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees , stones , and floods ; Since nought so stockish , hard , and full of rage , But music for the time ...
Page 63
... stand ? Thou hadst ; whom hast thou then , or what t'accuse , But Heaven's free love dealt equally to all ? Be then his love accursed , since love or hate , To me alike it deals eternal wo . Nay , cursed be thou ; since against his thy ...
... stand ? Thou hadst ; whom hast thou then , or what t'accuse , But Heaven's free love dealt equally to all ? Be then his love accursed , since love or hate , To me alike it deals eternal wo . Nay , cursed be thou ; since against his thy ...
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... stand Between a splendid and a happy land . Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And shouting Folly hails them from the shore ; Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound , And rich men flock from all the world around ...
... stand Between a splendid and a happy land . Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And shouting Folly hails them from the shore ; Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound , And rich men flock from all the world around ...
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