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... DEATH [ 1716 ] What has this bugbear Death that's worth our care ? After a life in pain and sorrow past , After deluding hope and dire despair , Death only gives us quiet at the last . How strangely are our love and hate misplac'd ...
... DEATH [ 1716 ] What has this bugbear Death that's worth our care ? After a life in pain and sorrow past , After deluding hope and dire despair , Death only gives us quiet at the last . How strangely are our love and hate misplac'd ...
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... death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain , 365 These goods He grants , who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind , And makes the happiness she does not find ...
... death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain , 365 These goods He grants , who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind , And makes the happiness she does not find ...
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... Death , 63 Sonnet VIII . On King Arthur's Round Table at Winchester , 622 Sonnet on the Death of Richard West , 632 Sonnet VI . To Mr. Gray , 622 Sonnet IX . To the River Lodon , 623 Sonnet to William Wilberforce , Esq . , 877 Sonnet IV ...
... Death , 63 Sonnet VIII . On King Arthur's Round Table at Winchester , 622 Sonnet on the Death of Richard West , 632 Sonnet VI . To Mr. Gray , 622 Sonnet IX . To the River Lodon , 623 Sonnet to William Wilberforce , Esq . , 877 Sonnet IV ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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