The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... silent night proclaims my soul immortal : Even silent night proclaims eternal day : For human weal , Heaven husbands all events , Dull sleep instructs , nor sport vain dreams in vain . Why then their loss deplore , that are not lost ...
... silent night proclaims my soul immortal : Even silent night proclaims eternal day : For human weal , Heaven husbands all events , Dull sleep instructs , nor sport vain dreams in vain . Why then their loss deplore , that are not lost ...
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... silent Lake , And , as I rose upon the stroke , my Boat Went heaving through the water , like a Swan ; When from behind that craggy Steep , till then The bound of the horizon , a huge Cliff , As if with voluntary power instinct , Uprear ...
... silent Lake , And , as I rose upon the stroke , my Boat Went heaving through the water , like a Swan ; When from behind that craggy Steep , till then The bound of the horizon , a huge Cliff , As if with voluntary power instinct , Uprear ...
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... Silent with swimming sense ; yea , gazing round On the wide landscape , gaze till all doth seem Less gross than bodily ; and of such hues As veil the Almighty Spirit , when yet he makes Spirits perceive his presence . A delight Comes ...
... Silent with swimming sense ; yea , gazing round On the wide landscape , gaze till all doth seem Less gross than bodily ; and of such hues As veil the Almighty Spirit , when yet he makes Spirits perceive his presence . A delight Comes ...
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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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