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... wish so to have died , for the sake of having excursion to London , sometimes to buy books , or been so lamented . But this poem is not all made to meet his friends from Cambridge , and at other up of sorrow and tenderness ; there is a ...
... wish so to have died , for the sake of having excursion to London , sometimes to buy books , or been so lamented . But this poem is not all made to meet his friends from Cambridge , and at other up of sorrow and tenderness ; there is a ...
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... wish , and end Them in his anger , whom his anger saves To punish endless ? Wherefore cease we then ? Say they who counsel war , we are decreed , Reserved , and destined to eternal wo ; Whatever doing , what can we suffer more , What ...
... wish , and end Them in his anger , whom his anger saves To punish endless ? Wherefore cease we then ? Say they who counsel war , we are decreed , Reserved , and destined to eternal wo ; Whatever doing , what can we suffer more , What ...
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... wish and struggle , as they pass , to reach The tempting stream , with one small drop to lose In sweet forgetfulness all pain and wo , All in one moment , and so near the brink ; But Fate withstands , and to oppose the attempt Medusa ...
... wish and struggle , as they pass , to reach The tempting stream , with one small drop to lose In sweet forgetfulness all pain and wo , All in one moment , and so near the brink ; But Fate withstands , and to oppose the attempt Medusa ...
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... wish . Meanwhile revive ; Abandon fear ; to strength and council joined Think nothing hard , much less to be despaired . ' “ He ended , and his words their drooping cheer Enlightened , and their languished hope revived . Th ' invention ...
... wish . Meanwhile revive ; Abandon fear ; to strength and council joined Think nothing hard , much less to be despaired . ' “ He ended , and his words their drooping cheer Enlightened , and their languished hope revived . Th ' invention ...
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... wish , to try with me In battle which the stronger proves ; they all , Or I alone against them ; since by strength They measure all , of other excellence Not emulous , nor care who them excels ; Nor other strife with them do I vouchsafe ...
... wish , to try with me In battle which the stronger proves ; they all , Or I alone against them ; since by strength They measure all , of other excellence Not emulous , nor care who them excels ; Nor other strife with them do I vouchsafe ...
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Page 10 - Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt ! — So both ascend In the visions of God — B.