The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... light of a sunless day ; The sky was a dome of crystal bright , The fountain of vision , and fountain of light : The emerald fields were of dazzling glow , And the flowers of everlasting blow . Then deep in the stream her body they laid ...
... light of a sunless day ; The sky was a dome of crystal bright , The fountain of vision , and fountain of light : The emerald fields were of dazzling glow , And the flowers of everlasting blow . Then deep in the stream her body they laid ...
Page 261
... light of this old lamp they sate , Father and Son , while far into the night The Housewife plied her own peculiar work , Making the cottage through the silent hours Murmur as with the sound of summer flies . This light was famous in its ...
... light of this old lamp they sate , Father and Son , while far into the night The Housewife plied her own peculiar work , Making the cottage through the silent hours Murmur as with the sound of summer flies . This light was famous in its ...
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... light Fell off in hoary flakes . Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue , glossy green , and velvet black , They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire . O happy living things ! no tongue ...
... light Fell off in hoary flakes . Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue , glossy green , and velvet black , They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire . O happy living things ! no tongue ...
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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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