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... Happy Milkmaid . Marriage . On Prayer . Sir Thomas Overbury , 1581- · 156 · 158 158 159 John Milton , 1608-1674 . 121. From the Hymn of the Nativity . 122. From Comus . 123. From Lycidas . 124. From L'Allegro . 125. From Il Penseroso ...
... Happy Milkmaid . Marriage . On Prayer . Sir Thomas Overbury , 1581- · 156 · 158 158 159 John Milton , 1608-1674 . 121. From the Hymn of the Nativity . 122. From Comus . 123. From Lycidas . 124. From L'Allegro . 125. From Il Penseroso ...
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... happy times there were then among the Eng- lish people , and how the kings who then had the government of the people obeyed God and his Evangelists , and how they both in their peace and in their war , and in their government , held ...
... happy times there were then among the Eng- lish people , and how the kings who then had the government of the people obeyed God and his Evangelists , and how they both in their peace and in their war , and in their government , held ...
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... happy exercise ! By thee come I to joy out of tormènt ; But now to purpose of my first intent . Bewailing in my chamber , thus alone , Despaired of all joy and remedy , For - tired of my thought , and woe begone ; And to the window gan ...
... happy exercise ! By thee come I to joy out of tormènt ; But now to purpose of my first intent . Bewailing in my chamber , thus alone , Despaired of all joy and remedy , For - tired of my thought , and woe begone ; And to the window gan ...
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... happy man , saith he , that lo I see , Grazing his cattle in those pleasant fields , If he but knew his good . How blessed he That feels not what affliction greatness yields ! Other than what he is he would not be , Nor change his state ...
... happy man , saith he , that lo I see , Grazing his cattle in those pleasant fields , If he but knew his good . How blessed he That feels not what affliction greatness yields ! Other than what he is he would not be , Nor change his state ...
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... happy you that look as from the shore , And have no venture in the wreck you see ; No interest , no occasion to deplore Other men's travels , while yourselves sit free . How much doth your sweet rest make us the more To see our misery ...
... happy you that look as from the shore , And have no venture in the wreck you see ; No interest , no occasion to deplore Other men's travels , while yourselves sit free . How much doth your sweet rest make us the more To see our misery ...
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