The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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Page 59
... soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; Or plunged in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain , While clogg'd he beats his silken ...
... soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; Or plunged in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain , While clogg'd he beats his silken ...
Page 119
... soon is perfect , soon alike is past ; That slowly grows , which must for ever last . Epitaph on Hogarth THE Hand of Art here torpid lies 119 SAMUEL JOHNSON An Epitaph on Claudy Phillips, a Musician Verses in Baretti's Commonplace Book.
... soon is perfect , soon alike is past ; That slowly grows , which must for ever last . Epitaph on Hogarth THE Hand of Art here torpid lies 119 SAMUEL JOHNSON An Epitaph on Claudy Phillips, a Musician Verses in Baretti's Commonplace Book.
Page 176
... soon the windlass arm . The order given , up springing with a bound , They lodge the bars , and wheel their engine round ; At every turn the clanging pauls resound . Up - torn reluctant from its oozy cave , The ponderous anchor rises o ...
... soon the windlass arm . The order given , up springing with a bound , They lodge the bars , and wheel their engine round ; At every turn the clanging pauls resound . Up - torn reluctant from its oozy cave , The ponderous anchor rises o ...
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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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