The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... Spreads his black wings , and slowly mounts to day . Sunk in Thalestris ' arms the nymph he found , Her eyes dejected ... spread her hands , and cried , ( While Hampton's echoes , ' Wretched maid ! ' replied ) ' Was it for this you took ...
... Spreads his black wings , and slowly mounts to day . Sunk in Thalestris ' arms the nymph he found , Her eyes dejected ... spread her hands , and cried , ( While Hampton's echoes , ' Wretched maid ! ' replied ) ' Was it for this you took ...
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... spread a ruin round . E'en now the devastation is begun , And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now , methinks , as pond'ring here I stand , I see the rural virtues leave the land : Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the ...
... spread a ruin round . E'en now the devastation is begun , And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now , methinks , as pond'ring here I stand , I see the rural virtues leave the land : Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the ...
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... spreading tree , Or by the shady side of the tall rick , They spread their homely fare , and seated round , Taste every pleasure that a feast can give . WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES 1762-1850 Dover Cliffs ON these white cliffs , that calm above ...
... spreading tree , Or by the shady side of the tall rick , They spread their homely fare , and seated round , Taste every pleasure that a feast can give . WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES 1762-1850 Dover Cliffs ON these white cliffs , that calm above ...
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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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