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" My thoughts hold mortal strife; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring Oft call that prince which here doth monarchize — But he, grim grinning King, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surpri.se, Late having deck'd... "
The Works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden: Consisting of Those which ... - Page 12
by William Drummond - 1711 - 303 pages
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Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2

Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 238 pages
...trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first ' MADRIGAL. thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring, Oft call that prince, which here doth monarchize ; But he, grim-grinning king*, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Against...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 5

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 440 pages
...To ravish sense, she would your beauty wear. MADRIGAL. Mr thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft call that prince which here doth monarchize : B2 But he grim grinning king, Who eaitiffs seorns, and doth the blest surprise, Late having...
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The Poems of William Drummond of Hawthornden: With Life

William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 358 pages
...heaven the table, Zeuxis Jove must be. MADRIGAL LXXXVIII. " MY thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft call that prince which here doth monarchize : But he grim grinning king, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Late having...
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The Poems of William Drummond of Hawthornden: With Life, by Peter Cunningham

William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 354 pages
...heaven the table, Zeuxis Jove must be. MADRIGAL LXXXVIII. MY thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft call that prince which here doth monarchize : But he grim grinning king, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Late having...
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The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden

William Drummond - Poetry, Modern - 1856 - 382 pages
...toss, But, plac'd above, exempted is from loss. MADRIGAL. MY thoughts hold mortal strife ; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft call that prince which here doth monarchise ; But he, grim-grinning king, Who caitives scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Late having...
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the poetical works of william drummond of hawthornden

william b. turnbull - 1856 - 402 pages
...tos?, But, plac'd above, exempted is from loss. MADRIGAL. MY thoughts hold mortal strife; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft call that prince which here doth monarchise ; But he, grim-grinning king, Who caitives scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Late having...
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The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden

William Drummond - Poetry, Modern - 1856 - 386 pages
...toss, But, plac'd above, exempted is from loss. MADRIGAL. JVlY thoughts hold mortal strife; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft call that prince which here doth monarchise ; But he, grim-grinning king, Who caitives scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Late having...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come. W. Drummond My thoughts hold mortal strife ; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring XLIV DIRGE OF LOVE My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O prepare it! My part of death no one so...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...This life is most jolly. W. Shakespeare XLIII MADRIGAL MY thoughts hold mortal strife ; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring Oft call that prince which here doth monarchize : — But he, grim grinning King, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprize, Late...
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The crown of a life, by the author of 'Agnes Tremorne'.

Isa Blagden - 1869 - 364 pages
...he been stationed there ? 145 CHAPTER XI. CONFESSION. " My thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring, Oft call that prince which here doth rule, Stern death." DRUMMOND. TLET myself in as softly as I could. It •was past four o'clock before...
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