The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... wild and wide ; Small black - legg'd sheep devour with hunger keen The meagre herbage , fleshless , lank , and lean ; Such o'er thy level turf , Newmarket ! stray , And there , with other black - legs find their prey : He saw some ...
... wild and wide ; Small black - legg'd sheep devour with hunger keen The meagre herbage , fleshless , lank , and lean ; Such o'er thy level turf , Newmarket ! stray , And there , with other black - legs find their prey : He saw some ...
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... wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion ; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky . The day is come when I again repose Here , under this dark sycamore , and view These plots of cottage - ground , these ...
... wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion ; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky . The day is come when I again repose Here , under this dark sycamore , and view These plots of cottage - ground , these ...
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... wild briar ; On boughs long and lofty , in many a green shoot , Hung large , black , and glossy , the beautiful fruit . The curate was hungry and thirsty to boot ; He shrunk from the thorns , though he longed for the fruit ; With a word ...
... wild briar ; On boughs long and lofty , in many a green shoot , Hung large , black , and glossy , the beautiful fruit . The curate was hungry and thirsty to boot ; He shrunk from the thorns , though he longed for the fruit ; With a word ...
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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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