"Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind."

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"Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress."

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"Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both."

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"Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings."

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"Dusk faces with white silken turbans wreath'd."

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"Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light."

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"And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invok'd."

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"Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive."

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"Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest."

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"The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but not in this soil; Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon."

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"A wilderness of sweets."

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"Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots rag'd: dire was the noise Of conflict."

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"The work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint."

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"How gladly would I meet Mortality my sentence, and be earth Insensible! how glad would lay me down As in my mother's lap!"

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"Enter'd the very lime-twigs of his spells, And yet came off."

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"If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble."

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"Be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee and thy being."

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"For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad."

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"What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?"

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"A pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between."

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"Their fatal hands No second stroke intend."

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"How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd!"

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"And fast by, hanging in a golden chain, This pendent world, in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude, close by the moon."

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"With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue."

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"As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air."

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"The timely dew of sleep."

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"This cordial julep here, That flames and dances in his crystal bounds."

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"I fled, and cry'd out, DEATH! Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, DEATH!"

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"And with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excus'd his devilish deeds."

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"In naked beauty more adorn'd, More lovely than Pandora."

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"Incens'd with indignation Satan stood Unterrify'd, and like a comet burn'd That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th' arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war."

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"Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers."

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"Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave."

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"Fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night."

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"The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasure."

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"Her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle."

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"The hell within him."

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"On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder."

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"Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces."

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"As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language can I find That solace?"

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"Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?"

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"It is for homely features to keep home,-- They had their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply The sampler and to tease the huswife's wool. What need a vermeil-tinctur'd lip for that, Love-darting eyes, or tresses like the morn?"

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"Good, the more Communicated, more abundant grows."

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"Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry."

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"And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons."

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"At whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads."

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"The rising world of waters dark and deep."

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"See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing."

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"Now half appear'd The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts."

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"Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils."

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