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... seem'd , and fair did sit , As one for knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit . But on his breast a bloody cross he bore , The dear remembrance of his dying Lord , For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead ( as ...
... seem'd , and fair did sit , As one for knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit . But on his breast a bloody cross he bore , The dear remembrance of his dying Lord , For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead ( as ...
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... seem'd as fresh as Flora in her prime , And strove to match , in royal rich array , Great Juno's golden chair , the which they say The Gods stand gazing on , when she does ride To Jove's high house through heaven's brass - pav'd Drawn ...
... seem'd as fresh as Flora in her prime , And strove to match , in royal rich array , Great Juno's golden chair , the which they say The Gods stand gazing on , when she does ride To Jove's high house through heaven's brass - pav'd Drawn ...
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... seem'd to throw From flaming mouth bright sparkles fiery red , That sudden horror to faint hearts did show ; And scaly tail was stretch'd adown his back full low . Upon the top of all his lofty crest A bunch of hairs discolour'd ...
... seem'd to throw From flaming mouth bright sparkles fiery red , That sudden horror to faint hearts did show ; And scaly tail was stretch'd adown his back full low . Upon the top of all his lofty crest A bunch of hairs discolour'd ...
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... seem'd to entice All passers by , to taste their luscious wine , And did themselves into their hands incline , As freely offering to be gathered : Some deep empurpled as the hyacint , Some as the ruby , laughing sweetly red , Some like ...
... seem'd to entice All passers by , to taste their luscious wine , And did themselves into their hands incline , As freely offering to be gathered : Some deep empurpled as the hyacint , Some as the ruby , laughing sweetly red , Some like ...
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... seem'd for wantonness to Infinite streams continually did well Out of this fountain , sweet and fair to see , The which into an ample laver fell , And shortly grew to so great quantity , That like a little lake it seem'd to be ; Whose ...
... seem'd for wantonness to Infinite streams continually did well Out of this fountain , sweet and fair to see , The which into an ample laver fell , And shortly grew to so great quantity , That like a little lake it seem'd to be ; Whose ...
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Page 107 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 300 - Peace to all such! But were there One whose fires True Genius kindles and fair Fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 407 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came : nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 139 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...
Page 407 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch. And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 91 - But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 375 - He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took ; And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe . And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat...
Page 107 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the 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.
Page 452 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 143 - Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life. Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.