The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... gentle song Of those whose lives are yet sincere and plain , Their bounded walks the rugged cliffs along , And all their prospect but the wintry main . With sparing temp'rance , at the needful time , They drain the sainted spring , or ...
... gentle song Of those whose lives are yet sincere and plain , Their bounded walks the rugged cliffs along , And all their prospect but the wintry main . With sparing temp'rance , at the needful time , They drain the sainted spring , or ...
Page 326
... gentle thing , Beloved from pole to pole ! To Mary Queen the praise be given ! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven , That slid into my soul . The silly buckets on the deck , That had so long remained , I dreamt that they were filled ...
... gentle thing , Beloved from pole to pole ! To Mary Queen the praise be given ! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven , That slid into my soul . The silly buckets on the deck , That had so long remained , I dreamt that they were filled ...
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... gentle touch and trembling care , a sigh To these kind efforts made a low reply . CXIV Then was the cordial pour'd , and mantle flung Around his scarce - clad limbs ; and the fair arm Raised higher the faint head which o'er it hung ...
... gentle touch and trembling care , a sigh To these kind efforts made a low reply . CXIV Then was the cordial pour'd , and mantle flung Around his scarce - clad limbs ; and the fair arm Raised higher the faint head which o'er it hung ...
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of Dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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