Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1964 |
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Pagina 25
... thou didst lie ; After , enabled but to suck and cry . Think , when ' twas grown to most , ' twas a poor inn , A province pack'd up in two yards of skin , And that usurp'd , or threaten'd with a rage Of sicknesses , or their true mother ...
... thou didst lie ; After , enabled but to suck and cry . Think , when ' twas grown to most , ' twas a poor inn , A province pack'd up in two yards of skin , And that usurp'd , or threaten'd with a rage Of sicknesses , or their true mother ...
Pagina 27
... Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business , when the labourers have Such rest in bed , that their last church - yard grave , Subject to change , will scarce be ...
... Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business , when the labourers have Such rest in bed , that their last church - yard grave , Subject to change , will scarce be ...
Pagina 37
... Thou into the close nests of Time dost peep , And there with piercing eye Through the firm shell and the thick white dost spy Years to come a - forming lie , Close in their sacred fecundine asleep . The same thought is more generally ...
... Thou into the close nests of Time dost peep , And there with piercing eye Through the firm shell and the thick white dost spy Years to come a - forming lie , Close in their sacred fecundine asleep . The same thought is more generally ...
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