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... mighty custom's paid to thee : For joy , like wine kept close , does better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compasses ...
... mighty custom's paid to thee : For joy , like wine kept close , does better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compasses ...
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... mighty Pallas ' ire , And stir up envy from that deity . The maiden lilies at her sight Wax'd pale with envy , and from thence grew white . She was in birth and parentage as high As in her fortune great or beauty rare ; And to her ...
... mighty Pallas ' ire , And stir up envy from that deity . The maiden lilies at her sight Wax'd pale with envy , and from thence grew white . She was in birth and parentage as high As in her fortune great or beauty rare ; And to her ...
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... mighty Cupid ! whose unbounded sway Hath often rul'd th ' Olympian thunderer ; Whom all cœlestial deities obey ; Whom men and gods both reverence and fear ! Oh force Constantia's heart to yield to love ! Of all thy works the master ...
... mighty Cupid ! whose unbounded sway Hath often rul'd th ' Olympian thunderer ; Whom all cœlestial deities obey ; Whom men and gods both reverence and fear ! Oh force Constantia's heart to yield to love ! Of all thy works the master ...
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... mighty Three ! what shall I do To be like one of you ? And , whilst with wearied steps we upwards go , See us , and clouds , below . ODE . OF WIT . TELL me , O tell , what kind of thing is Wit , Thou who master art of it ? For the first ...
... mighty Three ! what shall I do To be like one of you ? And , whilst with wearied steps we upwards go , See us , and clouds , below . ODE . OF WIT . TELL me , O tell , what kind of thing is Wit , Thou who master art of it ? For the first ...
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... mighty things : His valour , wisdom , offspring , speak no less ; And we , the prophets ' sous , write not by guess . ON THE DEATH OF SIR ANTHONY VANDYCK , THE FAMOUS PAINTER . VANDYCK is dead ; but what bold Muse shall dare ( Though ...
... mighty things : His valour , wisdom , offspring , speak no less ; And we , the prophets ' sous , write not by guess . ON THE DEATH OF SIR ANTHONY VANDYCK , THE FAMOUS PAINTER . VANDYCK is dead ; but what bold Muse shall dare ( Though ...
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