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... feel thy force , whilst I against thee rail ; 75 I feel my verse decay , and my cramp'd numbers fail . Through thy black jaundice , I all objects see , As dark , and terrible as thee , My lines decried , and my employment thought An ...
... feel thy force , whilst I against thee rail ; 75 I feel my verse decay , and my cramp'd numbers fail . Through thy black jaundice , I all objects see , As dark , and terrible as thee , My lines decried , and my employment thought An ...
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... feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; 125 Or plung'd in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedg'd whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain , While ...
... feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; 125 Or plung'd in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedg'd whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain , While ...
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... feels , Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels . In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell ( for you can ) what is it to be wise ? ' Tis but to know how little can be known ; To see all others ' faults , and feel our own : Condemn'd ...
... feels , Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels . In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell ( for you can ) what is it to be wise ? ' Tis but to know how little can be known ; To see all others ' faults , and feel our own : Condemn'd ...
Contents
An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq | 3 |
A Better Answer | 9 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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