Selected Poetry and ProseMelbourne University Press, 1948 - 149 pages |
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... doth show , And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain . These pleasures , Melancholy , give , And I with thee will choose to live . LYCIDAS Yet once more , O ye laurels , and ...
... doth show , And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain . These pleasures , Melancholy , give , And I with thee will choose to live . LYCIDAS Yet once more , O ye laurels , and ...
Page 18
... Doth God exact day - labour , light denied ? I fondly ask ; but Patience , to prevent That murmur , soon replies : ' God doth not need Either man's work , or his own gifts ; who best Bear his mild yoke , they serve him best ; his state ...
... Doth God exact day - labour , light denied ? I fondly ask ; but Patience , to prevent That murmur , soon replies : ' God doth not need Either man's work , or his own gifts ; who best Bear his mild yoke , they serve him best ; his state ...
Page 57
... we dread ? How oft amidst Thick clouds and dark doth Heaven's all - ruling Sire Choose to reside , his glory unobscured , And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his throne ; from whence deep thunders roar Mustering PARADISE LOST 57.
... we dread ? How oft amidst Thick clouds and dark doth Heaven's all - ruling Sire Choose to reside , his glory unobscured , And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his throne ; from whence deep thunders roar Mustering PARADISE LOST 57.
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