The Minor English PoemsMethuen, 1948 - 116 pages |
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Page 16
... earth's dark womb , Or that thy beauties lie in wormy bed Hid from the world in a low - delvèd tomb ; Could Heaven , for pity , thee so strictly doom ? O no ! for something in thy face did shine Above mortality , that showed thou wast ...
... earth's dark womb , Or that thy beauties lie in wormy bed Hid from the world in a low - delvèd tomb ; Could Heaven , for pity , thee so strictly doom ? O no ! for something in thy face did shine Above mortality , that showed thou wast ...
Page 17
... earth , oh ! tell me sooth , And camest again to visit us once more ? Or wert thou [ Mercy ] that sweet smiling Youth ? Or that crowned Matron , sage white - robed Truth ? Or any other of that heavenly brood Let down in cloudy throne to ...
... earth , oh ! tell me sooth , And camest again to visit us once more ? Or wert thou [ Mercy ] that sweet smiling Youth ? Or that crowned Matron , sage white - robed Truth ? Or any other of that heavenly brood Let down in cloudy throne to ...
Page 23
... earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did , till disproportioned sin Jarred against nature's chime , and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord ...
... earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did , till disproportioned sin Jarred against nature's chime , and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord ...
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beauty bliss breath bright brother called Cambridge manuscript cloud Comus couplet dance dark death delight divine doth Earl of Bridgewater earth edition English epithets fair faith Fame fear flocks flower gentle give Goddess gods golden green hast hath Heaven Henry Lawes honour Il Penseroso immortal JOHN MILTON Jove King L'Allegro Lady light live Locrine Lord Lord Brackley loud Ludlow Castle Lycidas mask melancholy Milton mirth monody moon morn mortal Muse night noble Nymphs o'er pale peace Penseroso poem poet praise primrose seas shades Shakespeare Shepherd SIEGE OF COLCHESTER sing sister soft solemn song sonnet sorrow soul sound Spir spirits stanza star stream swain sweet tears thee thou thought Thyrsis trochaic trumpets blow truth UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN verse virgin waves winds wings wonder wood words youth