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... head : Then they leap'd in their frankness , deliciously bright , And shot round about them an arrowy light ; And if , as he shook back his hair in its cluster , A curl fell athwart them and darke » ' d their lustre , A sprinkle of gold ...
... head : Then they leap'd in their frankness , deliciously bright , And shot round about them an arrowy light ; And if , as he shook back his hair in its cluster , A curl fell athwart them and darke » ' d their lustre , A sprinkle of gold ...
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... head , Cross'd the fine lip of Phoebus , who view'd him , and said- " I'll give you a lesson , Sir , quite your own seeking , And one that you very much want - on plain speaking . Pray have you to learn - and at this time of day , That ...
... head , Cross'd the fine lip of Phoebus , who view'd him , and said- " I'll give you a lesson , Sir , quite your own seeking , And one that you very much want - on plain speaking . Pray have you to learn - and at this time of day , That ...
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... head of my friend Robert here , But the very best promise bred up in the school , Must show himself proudest in playing the fool . What ! think ye a bard's a mere gossip , who tells Of the ev'ry - day feelings of every one else , And ...
... head of my friend Robert here , But the very best promise bred up in the school , Must show himself proudest in playing the fool . What ! think ye a bard's a mere gossip , who tells Of the ev'ry - day feelings of every one else , And ...
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... head or was feet , And slid through the hall , and fell plump in the street . So great was the panic they struck with their fright , That of all who had come to be feasted that night , Not one ventur'd up , or would stay near the place ...
... head or was feet , And slid through the hall , and fell plump in the street . So great was the panic they struck with their fright , That of all who had come to be feasted that night , Not one ventur'd up , or would stay near the place ...
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... head , that even those who sat dow ! for the express purpose of calling Mr. Pope's ad- mirers to a proper and smaller sense of his ments as a poet , were nevertheless equally agreed , hat See particularly the life of Dryden , where he ...
... head , that even those who sat dow ! for the express purpose of calling Mr. Pope's ad- mirers to a proper and smaller sense of his ments as a poet , were nevertheless equally agreed , hat See particularly the life of Dryden , where he ...
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