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... gave it , may be term'd her own : ' Tis Chastity , my brother , Chastity : She that has that , is clad in complete steel ; And , like a quiver'd Nymph with arrows keen , May trace huge forests , and unharbour'd heaths , Infamous hills ...
... gave it , may be term'd her own : ' Tis Chastity , my brother , Chastity : She that has that , is clad in complete steel ; And , like a quiver'd Nymph with arrows keen , May trace huge forests , and unharbour'd heaths , Infamous hills ...
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... Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds , That draw the litter of close - curtain'd Sleep : At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes , And stole upon the air , that even Silence Was ...
... Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds , That draw the litter of close - curtain'd Sleep : At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes , And stole upon the air , that even Silence Was ...
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British anthology. Alone , and helpless ! Is this the confidence You gave me , brother ? El . Br . Yes , and keep it still ; Lean on it safely ; not a period Shall be unsaid for me : against the threats Of malice , or of sorcery , or ...
British anthology. Alone , and helpless ! Is this the confidence You gave me , brother ? El . Br . Yes , and keep it still ; Lean on it safely ; not a period Shall be unsaid for me : against the threats Of malice , or of sorcery , or ...
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... gave ; He call'd it Hæmony , and gave it me , And bade me keep it as of sovereign use ' Gainst all enchantments , mildew blast , or damp , Or ghastly furies ' apparition . I pursed it up , but little reckoning made , Till now that this ...
... gave ; He call'd it Hæmony , and gave it me , And bade me keep it as of sovereign use ' Gainst all enchantments , mildew blast , or damp , Or ghastly furies ' apparition . I pursed it up , but little reckoning made , Till now that this ...
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... gave to Jove - born Helena , Is of such power to stir up joy as this , To life so friendly , or so cool to thirst . Why should you be so cruel to yourself , And to those dainty limbs , which Nature lent For gentle usage and soft ...
... gave to Jove - born Helena , Is of such power to stir up joy as this , To life so friendly , or so cool to thirst . Why should you be so cruel to yourself , And to those dainty limbs , which Nature lent For gentle usage and soft ...
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Arcite arm'd arms behold bless'd bliss blood bore breast breath Chanticleer Chor COMUS coursers Creon cried crown'd Cymon Dagon dame death delight design'd divine dream earth Emily ev'n eyes fair falchions fame fate father fear fear'd feast fight fire fix'd flame flower force grace green ground grove hand hast hath head heard heart Heaven holy honour JOHN SHARPE join'd Jove king knew knight KNIGHT'S TALE lady light live look'd lord Lycidas Lysimachus maid Manoah mind mix'd mortal Nature's never nymphs o'er once pain Palamon pass'd peace Philistines Philostratus Pirithous pointed lance praise prey prince queen rest Reynard Rhodian sacred Sams Samson SAMSON AGONISTES secret seem'd shade sight sing song sorrow soul sound steed stood sung sweet Tancred tears Thebes thee Theseus thine thou art thought turn'd Twas virtue wind wood youth
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Página 10 - The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook ; And of those demons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true consent With planet or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskined stage.
Página 9 - But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night...
Página 16 - Ay me, I fondly dream, Had ye been there! — for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore?
Página 6 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Página 24 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Página 7 - Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Página 5 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes. Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Página 19 - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves, Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Página 26 - In consecrated earth And on the holy hearth The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns, and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power...
Página 17 - But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.