The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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... appear , So they with it should take their end . O no , Belov'd , I am most sure , Those vertuous habits we acquire , As being with the Soul intire , Must with it evermore endure . For if where sins and vice reside , We find so foul a ...
... appear , So they with it should take their end . O no , Belov'd , I am most sure , Those vertuous habits we acquire , As being with the Soul intire , Must with it evermore endure . For if where sins and vice reside , We find so foul a ...
Page 255
... appear to us In name of great Oceanus , By the earth - shaking Neptune's mace , And Tethys ' grave majestic pace , By hoary Nereus ' wrinkled look , And the Carpathian wizard's hook , By scaly Triton's winding shell , And old ...
... appear to us In name of great Oceanus , By the earth - shaking Neptune's mace , And Tethys ' grave majestic pace , By hoary Nereus ' wrinkled look , And the Carpathian wizard's hook , By scaly Triton's winding shell , And old ...
Page 285
... appear The better reason , to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious , but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful : yet he pleased the ear , And with persuasive accent thus began : ' I should ...
... appear The better reason , to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious , but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful : yet he pleased the ear , And with persuasive accent thus began : ' I should ...
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EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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