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Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With ... - Page 132
by George Lillie Craik - 1845
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Fifty Years of English Song: The earlier poets. The Blackwood coterie, and ...

Henry Fitz Randolph - Ballads, English - 1887 - 332 pages
...enter which hath earned That privilege by virtue — ' lll,' said he, ' The end of man's existence I discerned, Who from ignoble games and revelry Could draw, when we had parted, vain delight, ' And while my youthful peers before my eyes (Each hero following his peculiar bent) Prepared themselves...
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Selections from Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - English literature - 1889 - 468 pages
...which hath earned That privilege by virtue. — " 1ll," said he, 11o " The end of man's existence I discerned, Who from ignoble games and revelry Could...detained ; What time the fleet at Aulis lay enchained. 12o The wished-for wind was given : — I then revolved The oracle, upon the silent sea ; And, if no...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1889 - 1016 pages
...enter which hath earned That privilege by virtue. — "111," said he, " The end of man's existence I discerned, Who from ignoble games and revelry Could...detained; What time the fleet at Aulis lay enchained. kiss " The wished-for wind was given : — I then revolved The oracle, upon the silent sea ; And, if...
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Select Poems of William Wordsworth: Edited, with Notes

William Wordsworth - 1889 - 284 pages
...enter which hath earned That privilege by virtue. ' Ill,' said he, »o 'The end of man's existence I discerned, Who from ignoble games and revelry Could...or, seated in the tent, ' Chieftains and kings in counsel were detained, What time the fleet at Aulis lay enchained. i*i ' The wished-for wind was given...
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A Third Poetry Book

Children's poetry, English - 1889 - 552 pages
...enter which hath earned That privilege by virtue. — " 111," said he, " The end of man's existence I discerned, Who from ignoble games and revelry Could...— or, seated in the tent, Chieftains and kings in counsel were detained ; What time the fleet at Aulis lay enchained. " The wished-for wind was given...
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The Household Book of Poetry

Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...enter which hath earned That privilege by virtue. — " 111," said he, " The. end of man's existence I discerned, Who from ignoble games and revelry Could...vain delight, While tears were thy best pastime, day anil night ; " And while my youthful peers before ray eyes (Each hero following his peculiar bent)...
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De Quincey Memorials: Being Letters and Other Records, Here First ..., Volume 1

Thomas De Quincey - 1891 - 320 pages
...Laodamia ' after — 4 While tears were thy best pastime day and night : ' (not a full stop, as before) 1 And while my youthful peers before my eyes (Each hero...sports — or, seated in the tent, Chieftains and things in council were detained ; What time the Fleet at Aulis lay enchained.' ' The wish'd-for wind...
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De Quincey Memorials: Being Letters and Other Records, Here First ..., Volume 1

Thomas De Quincey - 1891 - 326 pages
...Laodamia' after— ' While tears were thy best pastime day and night:' (not a full stop, as before) ' And while my youthful peers before my eyes (Each hero...Prepared themselves for glorious enterprise By martial sports—or, seated in the tent, Chieftains and things in council were detained ; What time the Fleet...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1892 - 970 pages
...enter which hath earned That privilege by virtue. — " 111," said he, " The end of man's existence I discerned, Who from ignoble games and revelry Could...Chieftains and kings in council were detained; What time ihe fleet at Aulis lay enchained. "The wished-for wind was given: — I then revolved The oracle, upon...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1892 - 524 pages
...enter which hath earned That privilege by virtue. — " 111," said he, " The end of man's existence I discerned, Who from ignoble games and revelry Could...bent) Prepared themselves for glorious enterprise Chieftains and kings in council were detained; What time the fleet at Aulis lay enchained. "The wished-for...
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