The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... fate , and with a sigh retired . The peer now spreads the glitt'ring forfex wide , T ' inclose the lock ; now joins it , to divide . Ev'n then , before the fatal engine closed , A wretched sylph too fondly interposed ; Fate urged the ...
... fate , and with a sigh retired . The peer now spreads the glitt'ring forfex wide , T ' inclose the lock ; now joins it , to divide . Ev'n then , before the fatal engine closed , A wretched sylph too fondly interposed ; Fate urged the ...
Page 204
... Fate and thy virtues call'd thee to the skies ; Yet still we wonder at thy tow'ring fame , And , losing thee , still ... fate ! ' If for that fate such public tears be shed , 204 GEORGE CRABBE.
... Fate and thy virtues call'd thee to the skies ; Yet still we wonder at thy tow'ring fame , And , losing thee , still ... fate ! ' If for that fate such public tears be shed , 204 GEORGE CRABBE.
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... Fate , The ruling principle of Hate , Which for its pleasure doth create The things it may annihilate , Refused thee even the boon to die : The wretched gift eternity Was thine - and thou hast borne it well . All that the Thunderer ...
... Fate , The ruling principle of Hate , Which for its pleasure doth create The things it may annihilate , Refused thee even the boon to die : The wretched gift eternity Was thine - and thou hast borne it well . All that the Thunderer ...
Contents
CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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