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Page 106 - I was with Hercules and Cadmus once, When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta : never did I hear Such gallant chiding ; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry. I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
Page 230 - Taught rocks to weep, and made the mountains groan. Go, gentle gales, and bear my fighs away ! To Delia's ear the tender notes convey.
Page 239 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i'th' bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like Patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
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