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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is ... - Page 350
by English poets - 1801
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 pages
...chance to 'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear, In a more dreadful shape. 32 By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they...oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove ; And if I gazed a thousand years, I could no deeper love. BONO. Phillis, men say that all my vows Are to thy...
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 560 pages
...again. At first disdain and pride they fear, Which if they chance to 'scape, By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they receive the Bum, It hardly does them good. Tis cruel to prolong a pain, And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle...
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Early English Poems, Chaucer to Pope: Chiefly Unabridged; Illustrated with ...

English poetry - 1863 - 478 pages
...again. At first disdain and pride they fear, Which, if they chance to 'scape, By such decrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood ; So slowly they receive the sun, It hardly does them good. Tis cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle...
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Early English poems, Chaucer to Pope

English poems - 1863 - 364 pages
...they chance to 'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear In a more cruel shape. By such decrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood ; So slowly they receive the sun, It hardly does them good. Tis cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle...
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The Lovers' Dictionary: A Poetical Treasury of Lovers' Thoughts, Fancies ...

J. H. - English poetry - 1867 - 860 pages
...chance to 'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood ; So slowly they receive the sum, It hardly docs them good. Tis cruel to prolong pain, And to defer a joy ; Believe me, gentle Celemene Offends...
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Favourite English poems and poets

English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...they chance to 'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear In a more cruel shape. By such decrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood ; So slowly they receive the sun, It hardly does them good. 'Tis cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...chance to 'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy A hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove ; And if I gazed a thousand years, I could...
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Single Famous Poems

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 pages
...they come, And are so long withstood ; So slowly they receive the sun, It hardly does them good. 'T is cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe...oaths your fears, Perhaps, would not remove ; And if I gazed a thousand years, I could not deeper love. SIB CHARLES SEDLEY. j) 29eat anlJ ©nig Uobe. PART...
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Single Famous Poems

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 pages
...they chance to 'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear, In a more cruel shape. By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood ; So slowly they receive the sun, It hardly does them good. 'T is cruel to prolong a pain ; And to defer a joy, Believe me, gentle...
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Gems of national poetry. Compiled and ed. by mrs. Valentine

Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...chance to 'scape, Rivals and falsehood soon appear In a more dreadful shape. By such degrees to joy they come, And are so long withstood, So slowly they...Believe me, gentle Celemene Offends the winged boy. A hundred thousand oaths your fears Perhaps would not remove, And if I gazed a thousand years, I could...
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