The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... Heav'n decreed to save the state , Heav'n had decreed these works a longer date . Could Troy be saved by any single hand , This grey - goose weapon must have made her stand . What can I now ? my Fletcher cast aside , Take up the Bible ...
... Heav'n decreed to save the state , Heav'n had decreed these works a longer date . Could Troy be saved by any single hand , This grey - goose weapon must have made her stand . What can I now ? my Fletcher cast aside , Take up the Bible ...
Page 116
... heav'n may hear , nor deem religion vain . Still raise for good the supplicating voice , But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice , Safe in his pow'r , whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r . Implore his ...
... heav'n may hear , nor deem religion vain . Still raise for good the supplicating voice , But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice , Safe in his pow'r , whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r . Implore his ...
Page 136
... heav'n ! Unwilling I my lips unclose , Leave me , leave me to repose . O : Once again my call obey . Prophetess , arise & say , What dangers Odin's Child await , Who the Author of his fate . Pr : In Hoder's hand the Heroe's doom : His ...
... heav'n ! Unwilling I my lips unclose , Leave me , leave me to repose . O : Once again my call obey . Prophetess , arise & say , What dangers Odin's Child await , Who the Author of his fate . Pr : In Hoder's hand the Heroe's doom : His ...
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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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