The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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... dark , assaults his ear With loudest vehemence ; thither he plies , Undaunted to meet there whatever Power Or Spirit of the nethermost abyss Might in that noise reside , of whom to ask Which way the nearest coast of darkness lies ...
... dark , assaults his ear With loudest vehemence ; thither he plies , Undaunted to meet there whatever Power Or Spirit of the nethermost abyss Might in that noise reside , of whom to ask Which way the nearest coast of darkness lies ...
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... dark in light exposed To daily fraud , contempt , abuse and wrong , Within doors , or without , still as a fool , In power of others , never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live , dead more than half . O dark , dark , dark , amid the ...
... dark in light exposed To daily fraud , contempt , abuse and wrong , Within doors , or without , still as a fool , In power of others , never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live , dead more than half . O dark , dark , dark , amid the ...
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John Wain. O fools ( said I ) thus to prefer dark night Before true light , To live in grots , and caves , and hate ... darkness and blind eyes Thy long expected healing wings could see , When Thou didst rise , And what can never more be ...
John Wain. O fools ( said I ) thus to prefer dark night Before true light , To live in grots , and caves , and hate ... darkness and blind eyes Thy long expected healing wings could see , When Thou didst rise , And what can never more be ...
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EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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