The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and CollinsJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - English poetry |
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... flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong , so equal , and so soft . The bird , named from that Paradise you sing , So never flags , but always keeps on wing . Where could'st thou words of such a compass find ? Whence furnish such a ...
... flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong , so equal , and so soft . The bird , named from that Paradise you sing , So never flags , but always keeps on wing . Where could'st thou words of such a compass find ? Whence furnish such a ...
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... flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount , while it pursues Both of lost happiness , and lasting pain , Torments him ; round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay , Mixed with obdurate pride and ...
... flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount , while it pursues Both of lost happiness , and lasting pain , Torments him ; round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay , Mixed with obdurate pride and ...
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... flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And such appeared in hue , as when the force Of subterranean ...
... flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And such appeared in hue , as when the force Of subterranean ...
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... flight or foul retreat ; Nor wanting power to mitigate and ' swage With solemn touches troubled thoughts , and chase Anguish , and doubt , and fear , and sorrow , and pain , From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they , Breathing united ...
... flight or foul retreat ; Nor wanting power to mitigate and ' swage With solemn touches troubled thoughts , and chase Anguish , and doubt , and fear , and sorrow , and pain , From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they , Breathing united ...
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... flight We sunk thus low ? The ascent is easy then ; The event is feared ; should we again provoke Our stronger , some worse way his wrath my find To our destruction ; if there be in hell Fear to be worse destroyed : what can be worse ...
... flight We sunk thus low ? The ascent is easy then ; The event is feared ; should we again provoke Our stronger , some worse way his wrath my find To our destruction ; if there be in hell Fear to be worse destroyed : what can be worse ...
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