 This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leas'd out (I die pronouncing it), Like to a tenement, or pelting farm: England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious...  The Complete Art of Poetry ... - Page 330by Charles Gildon - 1718Full view - About this book
 | Rui Manuel G. de Carvalho Homem, A. J. Hoenselaars - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 296 pages
...farm. England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege ( )f wat'ry Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky...England that was wont to conquer others Hath made a shameful conquest of itself. Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life, How happy then were my ensuing... | |
 | Robert E. Belknap - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 284 pages
...England, bound in with the triumphant sea Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots...England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself. Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life, How happy then were my ensuing... | |
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