The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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... stood Their great commander ; godlike shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities , And powers that erst ... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous crowd stood yet aloof . The chief were those who from the pit of hell ...
... stood Their great commander ; godlike shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities , And powers that erst ... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous crowd stood yet aloof . The chief were those who from the pit of hell ...
Page 278
... stood , Their glory withered : as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines , With singèd top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks ...
... stood , Their glory withered : as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines , With singèd top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks ...
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... stood prepar'd And H- was Captain of the Guard . The hoary Prince in majesty appear'd , High on a throne of his own labours rear'd . At his right hand our young Ascanius sat Rome's other hope and pillar of the state . His brows thick ...
... stood prepar'd And H- was Captain of the Guard . The hoary Prince in majesty appear'd , High on a throne of his own labours rear'd . At his right hand our young Ascanius sat Rome's other hope and pillar of the state . His brows thick ...
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EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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