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... mind , and damn'd despair . ' Tis thou alone who , with thy mystic fan , Work'st more than wisdom , art , or nature can To rouse the sacred madness and awake The frost - bound blood and spirits , and to make Them frantic with thy ...
... mind , and damn'd despair . ' Tis thou alone who , with thy mystic fan , Work'st more than wisdom , art , or nature can To rouse the sacred madness and awake The frost - bound blood and spirits , and to make Them frantic with thy ...
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... minds with grief opprest ; Lo , by thy charming rod all breathing things Lie slumbering , with forgetfulness possest , And yet o'er me to spread thy drowsy wings Thou alas ! who cannot be thy guest . spares , Since I am thine , O come ...
... minds with grief opprest ; Lo , by thy charming rod all breathing things Lie slumbering , with forgetfulness possest , And yet o'er me to spread thy drowsy wings Thou alas ! who cannot be thy guest . spares , Since I am thine , O come ...
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... mind perplexed ? O , punishment ! Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed To add to golden numbers golden numbers ? O , sweet content ! O , sweet , O , sweet content ! Work Honest labour bears a lovely face ; Then hey nonny , hey ...
... mind perplexed ? O , punishment ! Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed To add to golden numbers golden numbers ? O , sweet content ! O , sweet , O , sweet content ! Work Honest labour bears a lovely face ; Then hey nonny , hey ...
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... minds and hearts of every living thing . Ah , sweet Content , where doth thine harbour hold ? Is it in churches , with religious men , Which please the gods with prayers manifold , And in their studies meditate it then ? Whether thou ...
... minds and hearts of every living thing . Ah , sweet Content , where doth thine harbour hold ? Is it in churches , with religious men , Which please the gods with prayers manifold , And in their studies meditate it then ? Whether thou ...
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Arthur Symons. Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown ; Such sweet content , such minds , such ...
Arthur Symons. Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown ; Such sweet content , such minds , such ...
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Page 164 - THRICE toss these oaken ashes in the air, Thrice sit thou mute in this enchanted chair ; And thrice three times tie up this true-love's knot, And murmur soft — ' She will, or she will not.' Go burn these poisonous weeds in yon blue fire, These screech-owl's feathers and this prickling briar ; This cypress gathered at a dead man's grave ; That all thy fears and cares an end may have. Then come, you fairies, dance with...