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... Passion , translated from Hugo Grotius , and first printed in 1640 , is much praised by Langbaine . The fol- lowing extract is taken from his " Divine Poems , " 1648 . YE who dwell above the skies , Free from human miseries ; Ye whom ...
... Passion , translated from Hugo Grotius , and first printed in 1640 , is much praised by Langbaine . The fol- lowing extract is taken from his " Divine Poems , " 1648 . YE who dwell above the skies , Free from human miseries ; Ye whom ...
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... springs , I shall them only show . Ah ! unaffected lines , True models of my heart ; The world may see that in you shines The power of passion , more than art . WILLIAM HERBERT , EARL OF PEMBROKE . The character of [ 31 ]
... springs , I shall them only show . Ah ! unaffected lines , True models of my heart ; The world may see that in you shines The power of passion , more than art . WILLIAM HERBERT , EARL OF PEMBROKE . The character of [ 31 ]
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... passion loves ; Moonlight walks , when all the fowls Are warmly hous'd save bats and owls ; A midnight bell , a parting groan , These are the sounds we feed upon . Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley , Nothing's so dainty ...
... passion loves ; Moonlight walks , when all the fowls Are warmly hous'd save bats and owls ; A midnight bell , a parting groan , These are the sounds we feed upon . Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley , Nothing's so dainty ...
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... passion's torments prove me ? To hear her say at length , " Away - I cannot love thee . " O , rather let me die Whilst I thus gentle find her ; " Twere worse than death , if I Should find she proves unkinder ! One frown , though but in ...
... passion's torments prove me ? To hear her say at length , " Away - I cannot love thee . " O , rather let me die Whilst I thus gentle find her ; " Twere worse than death , if I Should find she proves unkinder ! One frown , though but in ...
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... passion's secret depth at will , And from those huge o'erwhelmings rise by help of reason still ? And am I now , O heavens ! for trying this in vain , So sunk , that I shall never rise again ? Then , let despair set sorrow's string For ...
... passion's secret depth at will , And from those huge o'erwhelmings rise by help of reason still ? And am I now , O heavens ! for trying this in vain , So sunk , that I shall never rise again ? Then , let despair set sorrow's string For ...
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