Chamber's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 |
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Light . To murder you , my most gracious lord ! Far is it from my heart to do you harm . The queen sent me to see how you were used , For she relents at this your misery : And what eyes can refrain from shedding tears , To see a king in ...
Light . To murder you , my most gracious lord ! Far is it from my heart to do you harm . The queen sent me to see how you were used , For she relents at this your misery : And what eyes can refrain from shedding tears , To see a king in ...
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Her beauty princes durst not hope to use , Unless , like poets , for their morning theam ; And her mindes beauty they would rather chuse , Which did the light in beautie's lanthorn seem . 6 composition , and though it has really fine ...
Her beauty princes durst not hope to use , Unless , like poets , for their morning theam ; And her mindes beauty they would rather chuse , Which did the light in beautie's lanthorn seem . 6 composition , and though it has really fine ...
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When I behold thee , though my light be dim , Distinct , and low , I can in thine see Him , Who looks upon thee from his glorious throne , And mindes the covenant ' twixt all and One . ( From Silex Scintillans . ) ...
When I behold thee , though my light be dim , Distinct , and low , I can in thine see Him , Who looks upon thee from his glorious throne , And mindes the covenant ' twixt all and One . ( From Silex Scintillans . ) ...
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| Title | Chamber's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 Chamber's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, John Liddell Geddie |
| Author | Robert Chambers |
| Editor | David Patrick |
| Published | 1922 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2010 |
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