The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... Lord ! How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide , Their help Omnipotence . In foreign realms , and lands remote , Supported by Thy care , Through burning climes I passed unhurt , And breathed in tainted air . Thy mercy ...
... Lord ! How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide , Their help Omnipotence . In foreign realms , and lands remote , Supported by Thy care , Through burning climes I passed unhurt , And breathed in tainted air . Thy mercy ...
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... Lord's watch in the night against the adversary . For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin & glaring eyes . For he counteracts the Devil , who is death , by brisking about the life . For in his morning orisons he ...
... Lord's watch in the night against the adversary . For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin & glaring eyes . For he counteracts the Devil , who is death , by brisking about the life . For in his morning orisons he ...
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... Lord , I opened your granaries this morn , And the Rats had eaten all your corn . ' Another came running presently , And he was pale as pale could be , ' Fly ! my Lord Bishop , fly , ' quoth he , " Ten thousand Rats are coming this way ...
... Lord , I opened your granaries this morn , And the Rats had eaten all your corn . ' Another came running presently , And he was pale as pale could be , ' Fly ! my Lord Bishop , fly , ' quoth he , " Ten thousand Rats are coming this way ...
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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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