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... hast thou known the world so long in vain ? DRYDEN . So noiseless would I live , such death to find : Like timely fruit , not shaken by the wind , But ripely dropping from the sapless bough . DRYDEN . Time has made you dote , and vainly ...
... hast thou known the world so long in vain ? DRYDEN . So noiseless would I live , such death to find : Like timely fruit , not shaken by the wind , But ripely dropping from the sapless bough . DRYDEN . Time has made you dote , and vainly ...
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... hast'ning ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry , their country's pride , When once destroy'd can never ...
... hast'ning ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry , their country's pride , When once destroy'd can never ...
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... Hast built thyselfe a lasting Monument : For whilst , to th ' shame of slow - endevouring Art , Thy easie numbers flow , and that each part [ heart ] Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued Booke , Those Delphicke Lines with deep ...
... Hast built thyselfe a lasting Monument : For whilst , to th ' shame of slow - endevouring Art , Thy easie numbers flow , and that each part [ heart ] Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued Booke , Those Delphicke Lines with deep ...
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... hast said which I know when And where thou stol'st from other men ; Whereby ' tis plain thy light and gifts Are all but plagiary shifts . BUTLER : Hudibras . ' Tis pleasant sure to see one's name in print ; A book's a book although ...
... hast said which I know when And where thou stol'st from other men ; Whereby ' tis plain thy light and gifts Are all but plagiary shifts . BUTLER : Hudibras . ' Tis pleasant sure to see one's name in print ; A book's a book although ...
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... hast no certain what , nor where . COWLEY . Beauty , sweet love ! is like the morning dew , Whose short refresh upon the tender green Cheers for a time , -but till the sun doth shew , — And straight is gone as it had never been . DANIEL ...
... hast no certain what , nor where . COWLEY . Beauty , sweet love ! is like the morning dew , Whose short refresh upon the tender green Cheers for a time , -but till the sun doth shew , — And straight is gone as it had never been . DANIEL ...
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ADDISON ANNE BRADSTREET beauty BEN JONSON birds breast breath bright BYRON charms Childe Harold clouds coursers COWLEY COWPER dark death delight DENHAM doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools gentle give glory golden grace grief hair happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Hudibras ISAAC WATTS JOANNA BAILLIE king light live look Lord MILTON mind morning muse N. P. WILLIS nature nature's ne'er never night Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace pleasure POPE pow'r praise pride PRIOR rich ROSCOMMON round shade SHAKSPEARE shine sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul SPENSER spirit spring stars stream sweet SWIFT tears thee thine things THOMSON thought trees truth virtue voice WALLER WALTER HARTE weep wind wings wise woman words YOUNG youth