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Page 52
... earth , wounded with so sore assay , Did groan full grievous underneath the blow , And trembling with strange fear , did like an earth- quake show . As when almighty Jove in wrathful mood , To wreak the guilt of mortal sins is bent ...
... earth , wounded with so sore assay , Did groan full grievous underneath the blow , And trembling with strange fear , did like an earth- quake show . As when almighty Jove in wrathful mood , To wreak the guilt of mortal sins is bent ...
Page 170
... earth doth faint and fail ; The stench of blood makes sick the heav'ns ; Ghosts glut the throat of hell ! O what have kings to answer for Before that awful throne ; When thousand deaths for vengeance cry , And ghosts accusing groan ...
... earth doth faint and fail ; The stench of blood makes sick the heav'ns ; Ghosts glut the throat of hell ! O what have kings to answer for Before that awful throne ; When thousand deaths for vengeance cry , And ghosts accusing groan ...
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... earth - brown , earth - golden from the burning bowels of the earth On the day of Sicilian July , with Etna smoking . The voice of my education said to me He must be killed , For in Sicily the black , black snakes are innocent , the ...
... earth - brown , earth - golden from the burning bowels of the earth On the day of Sicilian July , with Etna smoking . The voice of my education said to me He must be killed , For in Sicily the black , black snakes are innocent , the ...
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