Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Times, Volume 2Robert Chambers J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1856 - English literature |
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... thou gone ? Where hast thou hid thy many - spangled head , And the majestic menace of thine eyes Felt from afar ? Pliant and powerless now : Like new - born infant wound up in his swathes , Or victim tumbled flat upon his back , That ...
... thou gone ? Where hast thou hid thy many - spangled head , And the majestic menace of thine eyes Felt from afar ? Pliant and powerless now : Like new - born infant wound up in his swathes , Or victim tumbled flat upon his back , That ...
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... thou surly and less gentle boast Of those that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common sickness pulls thee down With greater ease than e'er thou didst the stripling That rashly dared thee to the unequal fight . What groan was ...
... thou surly and less gentle boast Of those that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common sickness pulls thee down With greater ease than e'er thou didst the stripling That rashly dared thee to the unequal fight . What groan was ...
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... Thou sole surviving blossom from the root That nourished up my fortune ! Say , ah where , In what sequestered desert hast thou drawn The kindest aspect of delighted Heaven ? Into such beauty spread , and blown so fair ; Though poverty's ...
... Thou sole surviving blossom from the root That nourished up my fortune ! Say , ah where , In what sequestered desert hast thou drawn The kindest aspect of delighted Heaven ? Into such beauty spread , and blown so fair ; Though poverty's ...
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... thou ! with clouds and storms Around thee thrown , tempest o'er tempest rolled , Majestic darkness ! On the whirlwind's wing Riding sublime , thou bidst the world adore , And humblest nature with thy northern blast . Mysterious round ...
... thou ! with clouds and storms Around thee thrown , tempest o'er tempest rolled , Majestic darkness ! On the whirlwind's wing Riding sublime , thou bidst the world adore , And humblest nature with thy northern blast . Mysterious round ...
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... thou him didst fetter ; Though he was fair and weil beloved again , Than me he never lued thee better . Busk ye , then busk , my bonny bonny bride , Busk ye , busk ye , my winsome marrow , Busk ye , and lue me on the banks of Tweed ...
... thou him didst fetter ; Though he was fair and weil beloved again , Than me he never lued thee better . Busk ye , then busk , my bonny bonny bride , Busk ye , busk ye , my winsome marrow , Busk ye , and lue me on the banks of Tweed ...
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