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... wing . Where could'st thou words of such a compass find ? Whence furnish such a vast expense of mind ? Just Heaven thee , like Tiresias , to requite , Rewards with prophecy thy loss of sight . Well might'st thou scorn thy readers to ...
... wing . Where could'st thou words of such a compass find ? Whence furnish such a vast expense of mind ? Just Heaven thee , like Tiresias , to requite , Rewards with prophecy thy loss of sight . Well might'st thou scorn thy readers to ...
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... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the ... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights ...
... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the ... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights ...
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... wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a signal given , th ' uplifted spear Of their great sultan waving to direct Their course , in even balance down they light On the firm brimstone ...
... wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a signal given , th ' uplifted spear Of their great sultan waving to direct Their course , in even balance down they light On the firm brimstone ...
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... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he assayed , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth ! at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out ...
... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he assayed , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth ! at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out ...
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... wing against a higher foe . Let such bethink them , if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still , That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse . Who but felt of late ...
... wing against a higher foe . Let such bethink them , if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still , That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse . Who but felt of late ...
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