The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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Page 283
... pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in hell Precedence , none whose portion is so small Of present pain that with ambitious mind Will covet more ...
... pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in hell Precedence , none whose portion is so small Of present pain that with ambitious mind Will covet more ...
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... pain , The sentence of their Conqueror . This is now Our doom ; which if we can sustain and bear , Our súpreme Foe in time may much remit His anger , and perhaps , thus far removed , Not mind us not offending , satisfied With what is ...
... pain , The sentence of their Conqueror . This is now Our doom ; which if we can sustain and bear , Our súpreme Foe in time may much remit His anger , and perhaps , thus far removed , Not mind us not offending , satisfied With what is ...
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... Pain for a while or anguish , and excite Fallacious hope , or arm th ' obdurèd breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel . Another part , in squadrons and gross bands , On bold adventure to discover wide That dismal world , if ...
... Pain for a while or anguish , and excite Fallacious hope , or arm th ' obdurèd breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel . Another part , in squadrons and gross bands , On bold adventure to discover wide That dismal world , if ...
Contents
EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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