The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... Behold the fatal day arrive ! ' How is the Dean ? ' - ' He's just alive . ' Now the departing pray'r is read : ' He hardly breathes .'- " The Dean is dead . ' Before the passing bell begun , The news thro ' half the town is run . ' O ...
... Behold the fatal day arrive ! ' How is the Dean ? ' - ' He's just alive . ' Now the departing pray'r is read : ' He hardly breathes .'- " The Dean is dead . ' Before the passing bell begun , The news thro ' half the town is run . ' O ...
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... behold in thee what I was once , My dear , dear Sister ! and this prayer I make , Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; ' tis her privilege , Through all the years of this our life , to lead From joy to joy ...
... behold in thee what I was once , My dear , dear Sister ! and this prayer I make , Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; ' tis her privilege , Through all the years of this our life , to lead From joy to joy ...
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... Behold a candidate with unturn'd coat ! Saint Peter , may I count upon your vote ? ' LXVIII ' Sir , ' replied Michael , ' you mistake ; these things Are of a former life , and what we do Above is more august ; to judge of kings Is the ...
... Behold a candidate with unturn'd coat ! Saint Peter , may I count upon your vote ? ' LXVIII ' Sir , ' replied Michael , ' you mistake ; these things Are of a former life , and what we do Above is more august ; to judge of kings Is the ...
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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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