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Poems (1892)

Raleigh, Walter (1552?-1618)

PART I. THE POEMS OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH

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XIX. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 4.

[The giants did advance their wicked hand]

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Cornelius Severus, Ætna, 43–5.

The giants did advance their wicked hand
Against the stars, to thrust them headlong down;
And, robbing Jove of his imperial crown,
On conquered heavens to lay their proud command.