The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'd a king . Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes , Whom Pleasure keeps too busy to be wise , Whom Joys with soft varieties invite , By day the frolick , and the dance by night ...
... beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'd a king . Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes , Whom Pleasure keeps too busy to be wise , Whom Joys with soft varieties invite , By day the frolick , and the dance by night ...
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John Wain. GEORGE GORDON , LORD BYRON 1788-1824 She Walks in Beauty I SHE walks in beauty , like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellowed to ...
John Wain. GEORGE GORDON , LORD BYRON 1788-1824 She Walks in Beauty I SHE walks in beauty , like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellowed to ...
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... beauty , and must reign ' In right thereof ; for ' tis the eternal law " That first in beauty should be first in might : ' Yea , by that law , another race may drive ' Our conquerors to mourn as we do now . ' Have ye beheld the young ...
... beauty , and must reign ' In right thereof ; for ' tis the eternal law " That first in beauty should be first in might : ' Yea , by that law , another race may drive ' Our conquerors to mourn as we do now . ' Have ye beheld the young ...
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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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