Cowley, Denham, MiltonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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Page 51
... eternal night ; But envious Death destroyed their glorious light . Expect not beauty then , since she did part ; For in her Nature wasted all her art . Her hair was brighter than the beams which are A crown to Phoebus ; and her breath ...
... eternal night ; But envious Death destroyed their glorious light . Expect not beauty then , since she did part ; For in her Nature wasted all her art . Her hair was brighter than the beams which are A crown to Phoebus ; and her breath ...
Page 56
... eternal rest , Her father comes , and , seeing this , he falls To th ' earth , with grief too great to be exprest : Whose doleful words my tired Muse me calls To o'erpass ; which I most gladly do , for fear That I should toil too much ...
... eternal rest , Her father comes , and , seeing this , he falls To th ' earth , with grief too great to be exprest : Whose doleful words my tired Muse me calls To o'erpass ; which I most gladly do , for fear That I should toil too much ...
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... eternal peace . Next them , beneath a myrtle bower , where doves And gall - less pigeons build their nests , all Love's True faithful servants , with an amorous kiss And soft embrace , enjoy their greediest wish . Leander with his ...
... eternal peace . Next them , beneath a myrtle bower , where doves And gall - less pigeons build their nests , all Love's True faithful servants , with an amorous kiss And soft embrace , enjoy their greediest wish . Leander with his ...
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... eternal chastity ; Thy rose's folds do still entangled lie . Believe Christ born from an unbruised womb , So from urbruised bark the odours come . ET VIRTUS ALTISSIMI OBUMBRABIT TIBI . God his great Son begot ere time begun ; Mary in ...
... eternal chastity ; Thy rose's folds do still entangled lie . Believe Christ born from an unbruised womb , So from urbruised bark the odours come . ET VIRTUS ALTISSIMI OBUMBRABIT TIBI . God his great Son begot ere time begun ; Mary in ...
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... eternal verse employ'd should be On a less subject than eternity ; And for a sacred mistress scorn'd to take , But her whom God himself scorn'd not his spouse to make . t ( in a kind ) her miracle did do ; A fruitful mother was , and ...
... eternal verse employ'd should be On a less subject than eternity ; And for a sacred mistress scorn'd to take , But her whom God himself scorn'd not his spouse to make . t ( in a kind ) her miracle did do ; A fruitful mother was , and ...
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