The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and CollinsJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - English poetry |
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Page xxxi
... wise , ye bravel ' Tis yours to crown desert - beyond the grave . FROM GRAY'S PROGRESS OF POESY . NOR second HE that rode sublime Upon the seraph - wings of ecstasy ; The secrets of th ' abyss to spy , He pass'd the flaming bounds of ...
... wise , ye bravel ' Tis yours to crown desert - beyond the grave . FROM GRAY'S PROGRESS OF POESY . NOR second HE that rode sublime Upon the seraph - wings of ecstasy ; The secrets of th ' abyss to spy , He pass'd the flaming bounds of ...
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... wise , let loose at once his ire , Belike through impotence , or unaware , To give his enemies their 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 ...
... wise , let loose at once his ire , Belike through impotence , or unaware , To give his enemies their 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 ...
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... Wise to fly pain , professing next the spy , Farthest from pain , where thou mightest hope to Argues no leader but a liar traced , Satan , and could'st thou faithful add ? O name , O sacred name of faithfulness profaned ! Faithful to ...
... Wise to fly pain , professing next the spy , Farthest from pain , where thou mightest hope to Argues no leader but a liar traced , Satan , and could'st thou faithful add ? O name , O sacred name of faithfulness profaned ! Faithful to ...
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... wise and frugal , could commit Such disproportions , with superfluous hand So many noble bodies to create , Greater so manifold , to this one use , And sons of men , whom God hath thus advanced ! For aught appears , and on their orbs ...
... wise and frugal , could commit Such disproportions , with superfluous hand So many noble bodies to create , Greater so manifold , to this one use , And sons of men , whom God hath thus advanced ! For aught appears , and on their orbs ...
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... wise : Think only what concerns thee and thy being ; Dream not of other worlds , what creatures there Live , in what state , condition or degree ; Contented that thus far hath been revealed , Not of earth only , but of highest Heaven ...
... wise : Think only what concerns thee and thy being ; Dream not of other worlds , what creatures there Live , in what state , condition or degree ; Contented that thus far hath been revealed , Not of earth only , but of highest Heaven ...
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