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Oxford University Press, 1868
 

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Page 174 - There in close covert by som Brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from Day's garish eie, While the Bee with Honied thie, That at her dowry work doth sing, And the Waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feather'd Sleep;
Page 273 - bird of dawning singeth ali night long, And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome : then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Page 270 - have we here? a man or a fish? Deader alive ? A fish : he smelLs like a fish ; a very ancient and fish-like smell ; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor-John. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was), and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver; there would
Page 270 - Poor-John. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was), and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver; there would
Page 11 - such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies; The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past—and man forgot.
Page 273 - dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome : then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Page 11 - Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like the wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies; The spring
Page 311 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art
Page 358 - All but the sacred few who could not tame Their spirits to the conquerors—but as soon As they had touched the world with living flame, Fled back like eagles to their native noon, Or those who put aside the diadem Of earthly thrones or gems [ ] Were there, of Athens or Jerusalem Were neither ‘mid the mighty captives seen, Nor
Page 164 - And further it is enacted, That if any person or persons after the said first day of May shall smite or lay violent hands upon any other, either in any church or church-yard, that then ipso facto every person so offending shall be deemed excommunicate, and be excluded from the fellowship and

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