The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... mind ? Must helpless man , in ignorance sedate , Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm , no wishes rise , No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Enquirer , cease , petitions yet remain , Which heav'n ...
... mind ? Must helpless man , in ignorance sedate , Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm , no wishes rise , No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Enquirer , cease , petitions yet remain , Which heav'n ...
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... mind . We have watched their steps as the dawning shone And deep in the green - wood walks alone ; By lily bower and silken bed , The viewless tears have o'er them shed ; Have soothed their ardent minds to sleep , Or left the couch of ...
... mind . We have watched their steps as the dawning shone And deep in the green - wood walks alone ; By lily bower and silken bed , The viewless tears have o'er them shed ; Have soothed their ardent minds to sleep , Or left the couch of ...
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... mind whose rest Was where it ought to be , in self - restraint , In circumspection and simplicity , Fell rarely in entire discomfiture Below its aim , or met with from without A treachery that defeated it or foil'd . On the other side ...
... mind whose rest Was where it ought to be , in self - restraint , In circumspection and simplicity , Fell rarely in entire discomfiture Below its aim , or met with from without A treachery that defeated it or foil'd . On the other side ...
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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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