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... Heaven . 288 248. John Anderson . 233. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard . 234. On a Distant Prospect of Eton College . 235. The Progress of Poesy . 245. The Dying Sailor . 246. An English Peasant . Robert Burns , 1759-1796 ...
... Heaven . 288 248. John Anderson . 233. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard . 234. On a Distant Prospect of Eton College . 235. The Progress of Poesy . 245. The Dying Sailor . 246. An English Peasant . Robert Burns , 1759-1796 ...
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... heaven , roderum , Wonn and weste ; oth that theos Wan and waste ; till this world's woruld - gesceaft Thurh word gewearth wuldor- cyninges . Her ærest gesceop éce drihten ( Helm eall - wihta ! ) heofon and eorthan ; Rodor arærde , and ...
... heaven , roderum , Wonn and weste ; oth that theos Wan and waste ; till this world's woruld - gesceaft Thurh word gewearth wuldor- cyninges . Her ærest gesceop éce drihten ( Helm eall - wihta ! ) heofon and eorthan ; Rodor arærde , and ...
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... Heaven's - Guard o'er the water borne , With mighty speed . Bade the Angel - maker , ( The Life - dispenser ) light to come forth O'er the wide abyss . Quick was fulfill'd The high King's hest - round him was holy light , Over the waste ...
... Heaven's - Guard o'er the water borne , With mighty speed . Bade the Angel - maker , ( The Life - dispenser ) light to come forth O'er the wide abyss . Quick was fulfill'd The high King's hest - round him was holy light , Over the waste ...
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... heaven , shyned bright , And make a sunshine in the shady place ; Did ever mortall eye behold such heavenly grace ? It fortuned , out of the thickest wood A ramping lyon rushed suddeinly , Hunting full greedy after salvage blood : Soone ...
... heaven , shyned bright , And make a sunshine in the shady place ; Did ever mortall eye behold such heavenly grace ? It fortuned , out of the thickest wood A ramping lyon rushed suddeinly , Hunting full greedy after salvage blood : Soone ...
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... heaven doth hove , 2 Can comfort me but her own joyous sight , " Whose sweet aspect both God and man can move , In her unspotted pleasures to delight . Dark is my day , whiles her fair light I miss , And dead my life , that wants such ...
... heaven doth hove , 2 Can comfort me but her own joyous sight , " Whose sweet aspect both God and man can move , In her unspotted pleasures to delight . Dark is my day , whiles her fair light I miss , And dead my life , that wants such ...
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