Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best Poets in the English Language, a Copious Selection of Elegant Extracts, a Short Analysis of Hebrew Poetry, and Translations from the Sacred Poets: Designed to Illustrate the Principles of Rhetoric, and Teach Their Application to Poetry |
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... doth dwell , And homebred evil ye desire to hear , Of a strange man I can you tidings tell , That wasteth all this country far and near . ' ' Of such , ' said he , ' I chiefly do inquire ; And shall thee well reward to show the place ...
... doth dwell , And homebred evil ye desire to hear , Of a strange man I can you tidings tell , That wasteth all this country far and near . ' ' Of such , ' said he , ' I chiefly do inquire ; And shall thee well reward to show the place ...
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... doth attire The mossy branches of an oak half dead . Each bone might through his body well be red And every sinew seen , through his long fast ; For nought he cared his carcass long unfed ; His mind was full of spiritual repast , And ...
... doth attire The mossy branches of an oak half dead . Each bone might through his body well be red And every sinew seen , through his long fast ; For nought he cared his carcass long unfed ; His mind was full of spiritual repast , And ...
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... doth lead , And shows the way his sinful soul to save ! Who better can the way to heaven aread , Than thou thyself , that was both born and bred In heavenly throne , where thousand angels shine ? Thou doest the prayers of the righteous ...
... doth lead , And shows the way his sinful soul to save ! Who better can the way to heaven aread , Than thou thyself , that was both born and bred In heavenly throne , where thousand angels shine ? Thou doest the prayers of the righteous ...
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... doth fade , But doth suffer a sea - change Into something rich and strange . Sea - nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark ! now I hear them , -ding - dong , bell . [ Burden , ding - dong . Fer . The ditty does remember my drown'd father ...
... doth fade , But doth suffer a sea - change Into something rich and strange . Sea - nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark ! now I hear them , -ding - dong , bell . [ Burden , ding - dong . Fer . The ditty does remember my drown'd father ...
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... doth tread , He lies before me : Dost thou understand me ? Thou art his keeper . Hub . And I will keep him so , That he shall not offend your majesty . King John . Death . Hub . My lord ? King John . A grave . Hub . He shall not live ...
... doth tread , He lies before me : Dost thou understand me ? Thou art his keeper . Hub . And I will keep him so , That he shall not offend your majesty . King John . Death . Hub . My lord ? King John . A grave . Hub . He shall not live ...
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