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... eternal being To undergo eternal punishment ? ' Whereto with speedy words the arch - fiend replied : " Fallen cherub , to be weak is miserable , Doing or suffering ; but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ...
... eternal being To undergo eternal punishment ? ' Whereto with speedy words the arch - fiend replied : " Fallen cherub , to be weak is miserable , Doing or suffering ; but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ...
Page 144
... Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light , And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity , dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright essence increate . Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal ...
... Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light , And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity , dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright essence increate . Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal ...
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be blest : The soul , uneasy and confined from home , Rests and expatiates in a ... Eternal Cause . Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine , Earth ALEXANDER POPE 183.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be blest : The soul , uneasy and confined from home , Rests and expatiates in a ... Eternal Cause . Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine , Earth ALEXANDER POPE 183.
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i The Knight ii The Squire | 15 |
SIR THOMAS WYATT | 21 |
NICHOLAS BRETON | 27 |
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