A Book of English Poetry1950 |
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... earth , Through God's high sufferance , for the trial of man , By falsities and lies the greater part Of mankind they corrupted to forsake God their Creator , and the invisible Glory of him that made them , to transform Oft to the image ...
... earth , Through God's high sufferance , for the trial of man , By falsities and lies the greater part Of mankind they corrupted to forsake God their Creator , and the invisible Glory of him that made them , to transform Oft to the image ...
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... earth , my canopy the skies . ' But errs not Nature from this gracious end , From burning suns when livid deaths descend , When earthquakes swallow , or when tempests sweep Towns to one grave , whole nations to the deep ? ' No , ' ' tis ...
... earth , my canopy the skies . ' But errs not Nature from this gracious end , From burning suns when livid deaths descend , When earthquakes swallow , or when tempests sweep Towns to one grave , whole nations to the deep ? ' No , ' ' tis ...
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... Earth was ta'en , " That He who subtly wrought me into Shape ' Should stamp me back to common Earth again . ' Another said " Why , ne'er a peevish Boy , - ' Would break the Bowl from which he drank in Joy ; ' Shall He that made the ...
... Earth was ta'en , " That He who subtly wrought me into Shape ' Should stamp me back to common Earth again . ' Another said " Why , ne'er a peevish Boy , - ' Would break the Bowl from which he drank in Joy ; ' Shall He that made the ...
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i The Knight ii The Squire | 15 |
SIR THOMAS WYATT | 21 |
NICHOLAS BRETON | 27 |
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