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Page 11
... cheerful fowl ; And all about it wandering ghosts did wail and howl . And all about old stocks and stubs of trees , Whereon nor fruit nor leaf was ever seen , Did hang upon the ragged rocky knees ; On which had many wretches hanged been ...
... cheerful fowl ; And all about it wandering ghosts did wail and howl . And all about old stocks and stubs of trees , Whereon nor fruit nor leaf was ever seen , Did hang upon the ragged rocky knees ; On which had many wretches hanged been ...
Page 18
... cheerful day Did never in that house itself display , But a faint shadow of uncertain light ; Such as a lamp whose life doth fade away ; Or as the moon , clothed with cloudy night , Does show to him that walks in fear and sad affright ...
... cheerful day Did never in that house itself display , But a faint shadow of uncertain light ; Such as a lamp whose life doth fade away ; Or as the moon , clothed with cloudy night , Does show to him that walks in fear and sad affright ...
Page 38
... cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair , Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom , at one entrance , quite shut out . So much the rather thou , celestial ...
... cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair , Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom , at one entrance , quite shut out . So much the rather thou , celestial ...
Page 65
... mild Heaven a time ordains , And disapproves that care , though wise in show , That with superfluous burden loads the day , And , when God sends a cheerful hour , refrains . F TO THE SAME . Cyriac , this three - years Milton . 65.
... mild Heaven a time ordains , And disapproves that care , though wise in show , That with superfluous burden loads the day , And , when God sends a cheerful hour , refrains . F TO THE SAME . Cyriac , this three - years Milton . 65.
Page 97
... cheerful day . These ancient walls Have often heard him , while his legends blithe He sang ; of love , or knighthood , or the wiles Of homely life through each estate and age , The fashions and the follies of the world , With cunning ...
... cheerful day . These ancient walls Have often heard him , while his legends blithe He sang ; of love , or knighthood , or the wiles Of homely life through each estate and age , The fashions and the follies of the world , With cunning ...
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