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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Why thus entangled should thy spirit be? 10 My master said, that slackened is thy gait; If here they whisper, what is that to thee ? Follow thou me, and let the people prate; 13 Stand as a massive tower, whose summit nought Of driving winds can move however great. For alway he in whom thought after thought 16 Up surges, sets his own mark back, for then One saps the vigour by the other wrought. What answer save I come had not been vain? 19 I said it, somewhat coloured by that hue Which pardon for a man can often gain. Meantime across the mountain slope, in view, 22 Some space before us, came a people by, And Miserere verse by verse sang through. When that my body, they did once espy, 25 Giving no passage to the rays, their song Suddenly changed into a long hoarse cry; And two as messengers from out the throng, 28 With eager questioning toward us ran; For knowledge of your state, behold we long ? Ye can go hence, my master then began, 31 And bear this back to them that sent you here, That flesh indeed is the body of this man. If that they stayed, as seemeth to me clear, 34 Seeing his shadow, then enough is said; Honour ye him, to you he may prove dear. Never at early night so swiftly sped, 37 Have I seen flaming vapours cleave the sky, Or August clouds, at set of sun outspread, But that in less time, back those souls did fly, 40 And then, joined with the rest, wheeled round, almost As with loose rein a squadron charges by. This people pressing on us, is a host, 43 The poet said, and thee they will entreat, But go thou on, and harken as thou go'st. O soul, that journeyest now thy joy to greet, 46 With those same limbs, that erst wert born with thee, They...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217345910 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217345913 |
| Weight | 0.80 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 In |
| List Price | $25.41 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 242 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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