The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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Page 427
... flames invade : Ev'n from their jaws they hungry morsels tear , And , on their backs , the spoils of Vulcan lade . 253 The days were all in this lost labour spent ; And when the weary King gave place to night , His beams he to his royal ...
... flames invade : Ev'n from their jaws they hungry morsels tear , And , on their backs , the spoils of Vulcan lade . 253 The days were all in this lost labour spent ; And when the weary King gave place to night , His beams he to his royal ...
Page 429
... flame . 267 O let it be enough what thou hast done ; When spotted deaths ran arm'd thro ' every street , With poison'd darts which not the good could shun , The speedy could out - fly ... flames , chastis'd , went forth to 429 JOHN DRYDEN.
... flame . 267 O let it be enough what thou hast done ; When spotted deaths ran arm'd thro ' every street , With poison'd darts which not the good could shun , The speedy could out - fly ... flames , chastis'd , went forth to 429 JOHN DRYDEN.
Page 431
... flames drive on to storm the rest . 281 An hollow crystal pyramid he takes , In firmamental waters dipped above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove . 282 The vanquish'd fires withdraw ...
... flames drive on to storm the rest . 281 An hollow crystal pyramid he takes , In firmamental waters dipped above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove . 282 The vanquish'd fires withdraw ...
Contents
EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
Chorus of Priests | 49 |
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