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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior - Page 177
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Allegro und Penseroso

John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...toys 1 Dwell in some idle brain, 5 And fancies fond with gaudy shapes posseß, As thick and numberleß As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest...fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou Goddeß, sage and holy, n PENSEROS O. Flieh, eitle trügende Freude, vaterlose Brut der Thorheit, wie...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...brood of Folly without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ? Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou goddess, sage and...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...brood of Folly, without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ; Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering Dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus* train.'" *' Begone, ye vain joys of Mirth...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...brood of Folly without father bred : How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of MORPHEUS' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and...
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The Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...brood of Folly without father bred : How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy I Hail, divinest MELANCHOLY ! Whose saintly visage is too bright...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...of Folly without Father bred ! How little you bested , Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain , And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess , As thick and numberless As the eay motes that people the sun-beams , Or likest hovering dreams ! The fickle pensioners of Morpheus'...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numherless As the gay motes that people the sunheams, Or likeliest hovering dreams The fickle pensioners of .Morpheus' train. But hail, thou goddess, sage and holy ! Hiiil, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too hright To hit the sense of human sight, And...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...brood of Folly without father bred ! How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay moles that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train....
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And.fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sunbeams, Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, I him goddess, sage...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...brood of Folly without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ? Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou Goddess, sage and...
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