The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... grace , And to be grave , exceeds all power of face . I sit with sad civility , I read With honest anguish , and an aching head ; And drop at last , but in unwilling ears , This saving counsel , - ' Keep your piece nine years . ' ' Nine ...
... grace , And to be grave , exceeds all power of face . I sit with sad civility , I read With honest anguish , and an aching head ; And drop at last , but in unwilling ears , This saving counsel , - ' Keep your piece nine years . ' ' Nine ...
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... grace remain'd , Of vigour palsied and of beauty stain'd ; Her bloodshot eyes on her unheeding mate Were wrathful turn'd , and seem'd her wants to state , Cursing his tardy aid - her mother there With gipsy - state engrass'd the only ...
... grace remain'd , Of vigour palsied and of beauty stain'd ; Her bloodshot eyes on her unheeding mate Were wrathful turn'd , and seem'd her wants to state , Cursing his tardy aid - her mother there With gipsy - state engrass'd the only ...
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... grace the door . The door may open with a string , So that it closes tight ; And locks would be a wanted thing , To keep out thieves at night . A little garden , not too fine , Inclose with painted pales ; And woodbines , round the cot ...
... grace the door . The door may open with a string , So that it closes tight ; And locks would be a wanted thing , To keep out thieves at night . A little garden , not too fine , Inclose with painted pales ; And woodbines , round the cot ...
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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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