The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... Strong as an ox , and ignorant as strong ; Can yon close crops a single eye detain But his who counts the profits of the grain ? And these vile beans with deleterious smell , Where is their beauty ? can a mortal tell ? These deep fat ...
... Strong as an ox , and ignorant as strong ; Can yon close crops a single eye detain But his who counts the profits of the grain ? And these vile beans with deleterious smell , Where is their beauty ? can a mortal tell ? These deep fat ...
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... strong in love ; Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive , But to be young was very heaven ; O times , In which the meagre , stale , forbidding ways Of custom , law , and statute took at once The attraction of a Country in Romance ; When ...
... strong in love ; Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive , But to be young was very heaven ; O times , In which the meagre , stale , forbidding ways Of custom , law , and statute took at once The attraction of a Country in Romance ; When ...
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... strong At your clear hearts ; and both seem given to earth To sing in thoughtful ears this natural song- Indoors and out , -summer and winter , —Mirth . THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK 1785-1866 The Grave of Love I DUG , beneath the cypress shade ...
... strong At your clear hearts ; and both seem given to earth To sing in thoughtful ears this natural song- Indoors and out , -summer and winter , —Mirth . THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK 1785-1866 The Grave of Love I DUG , beneath the cypress shade ...
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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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