The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... his arm inflict a scarlet wound . ” Elsewhere , behold Namur's proud turrets rise , Majestic to the sight , advancing to the skies ! * St. Dennis near Mons . The Meuse and Sambre here united flow , Nature's defence 14 HUGHES'S POEMS .
... his arm inflict a scarlet wound . ” Elsewhere , behold Namur's proud turrets rise , Majestic to the sight , advancing to the skies ! * St. Dennis near Mons . The Meuse and Sambre here united flow , Nature's defence 14 HUGHES'S POEMS .
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... wound . So endless is the task that heroes find 1 To tame the monster Vice , and to reform mankind . For this , Alcides heretofore , And mighty Theseus , travell'd o'cr Vast tracts of sea and land , and slew Wild beasts and serpents ...
... wound . So endless is the task that heroes find 1 To tame the monster Vice , and to reform mankind . For this , Alcides heretofore , And mighty Theseus , travell'd o'cr Vast tracts of sea and land , and slew Wild beasts and serpents ...
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... wound Withdrew the steel , and , staggering , fell to ground : As when , a conduit broke , the streams shoot high , Starting in sudden fountains through the sky , So spouts the living stream , and sprinkled o'er The tree's fair berries ...
... wound Withdrew the steel , and , staggering , fell to ground : As when , a conduit broke , the streams shoot high , Starting in sudden fountains through the sky , So spouts the living stream , and sprinkled o'er The tree's fair berries ...
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... wound will show . Next , all that dare Love's sovereign power defy , In fetters bound , inglorious shall pass by : All shall submit to thee - Th ' applauding crowd Shall lift their hands , and sing thy praise aloud . Soft looks shall in ...
... wound will show . Next , all that dare Love's sovereign power defy , In fetters bound , inglorious shall pass by : All shall submit to thee - Th ' applauding crowd Shall lift their hands , and sing thy praise aloud . Soft looks shall in ...
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... wound sustain'd , Not from her son , but from a mortal's1 hand ) Asteria too forgets her sprightly charins , And drooping lies within her Phoebe's arms . Thus in romantic histories we read Of tournaments by some great prince decreed ...
... wound sustain'd , Not from her son , but from a mortal's1 hand ) Asteria too forgets her sprightly charins , And drooping lies within her Phoebe's arms . Thus in romantic histories we read Of tournaments by some great prince decreed ...
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