Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 - English poetry |
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... ne'er a true one . In such a night Lor . Did pretty Jessica , like a little shrew , Slander her love , and he forgave it her . VOL . I. - C Lor . How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 25 WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE ...
... ne'er a true one . In such a night Lor . Did pretty Jessica , like a little shrew , Slander her love , and he forgave it her . VOL . I. - C Lor . How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 25 WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE ...
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... ne'er look for it but in heav'n again . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . NNETS . 1585-1649 . I KNOW that all beneath the moon decays , And what by mortals in this world is brought , In Time's great periods shall return to naught , That fairest states ...
... ne'er look for it but in heav'n again . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . NNETS . 1585-1649 . I KNOW that all beneath the moon decays , And what by mortals in this world is brought , In Time's great periods shall return to naught , That fairest states ...
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... ne'er been known to men ( The ghost at last confess'd ) , The world had then a stranger been To all that heav'n possess'd . But could it all be here acquired , Not heav'n itself would be desired . JAMES SHIRLEY . 1594-1666 . DEATH . THE ...
... ne'er been known to men ( The ghost at last confess'd ) , The world had then a stranger been To all that heav'n possess'd . But could it all be here acquired , Not heav'n itself would be desired . JAMES SHIRLEY . 1594-1666 . DEATH . THE ...
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... Ne'er to be found again . THE NIGHT - PIECE , TO JULIA . HER eyes the glow - worm lend thee , The shooting stars attend thee ' ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire , befriend thee . • No Will o ' th ...
... Ne'er to be found again . THE NIGHT - PIECE , TO JULIA . HER eyes the glow - worm lend thee , The shooting stars attend thee ' ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire , befriend thee . • No Will o ' th ...
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... ne'er so brave : And after they have shown their pride , Like you , a while , they glide Into the grave . THE COUNTRY LIFE . SWEET Country life , to such unknown , Whose lives are others , not their own ! But serving courts and cities ...
... ne'er so brave : And after they have shown their pride , Like you , a while , they glide Into the grave . THE COUNTRY LIFE . SWEET Country life , to such unknown , Whose lives are others , not their own ! But serving courts and cities ...
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