The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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Page 121
... Spirit of an heir . All that prey on vice and folly Joy to see their quarry fly , Here the Gamester light and jolly ... Spirits high , What are acres ? What are houses ? Only dirt , or wet or dry . If the Guardian or the Mother Tell the ...
... Spirit of an heir . All that prey on vice and folly Joy to see their quarry fly , Here the Gamester light and jolly ... Spirits high , What are acres ? What are houses ? Only dirt , or wet or dry . If the Guardian or the Mother Tell the ...
Page 243
... spirits that sojourn in this countrye : I have brought her away frae the snares of men , That sin or death she never may ken .'- They clasped her waist and her hands sae fair , They kissed her cheek and they kemed her hair , And round ...
... spirits that sojourn in this countrye : I have brought her away frae the snares of men , That sin or death she never may ken .'- They clasped her waist and her hands sae fair , They kissed her cheek and they kemed her hair , And round ...
Page 245
... spirits given , The lowermost vales of the storied heaven ; From thence they can view the world below , And heaven's blue gates with sapphires glow , More glory yet unmeet to know . They bore her far to a mountain green , To see what ...
... spirits given , The lowermost vales of the storied heaven ; From thence they can view the world below , And heaven's blue gates with sapphires glow , More glory yet unmeet to know . They bore her far to a mountain green , To see what ...
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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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