Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 |
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... cou'd have writ himself , but well foresaw Th ' event would be like that of Moyses law ; Some difference wou'd arise , some doubts remain , Like those which yet the jarring Jews maintain . No written laws can be so plain , so pure , But ...
... cou'd have writ himself , but well foresaw Th ' event would be like that of Moyses law ; Some difference wou'd arise , some doubts remain , Like those which yet the jarring Jews maintain . No written laws can be so plain , so pure , But ...
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... cou'd oppose . Now all those Charms , that blooming Grace , The well - proportion'd Shape and beauteous Face , Shall never more be seen by Mortal Eyes ; In Earth the much - lamented Virgin lies ! Not Wit nor Piety cou'd Fate prevent ...
... cou'd oppose . Now all those Charms , that blooming Grace , The well - proportion'd Shape and beauteous Face , Shall never more be seen by Mortal Eyes ; In Earth the much - lamented Virgin lies ! Not Wit nor Piety cou'd Fate prevent ...
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... cou'd have time for the Psalms of the Day And while after Dinner the Night came so soon That half she propos'd very seldom was done With twenty God bless Me's how this day is gone While she read and Accounted and payd and abated Eat and ...
... cou'd have time for the Psalms of the Day And while after Dinner the Night came so soon That half she propos'd very seldom was done With twenty God bless Me's how this day is gone While she read and Accounted and payd and abated Eat and ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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