Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 2Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
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... round with mouldy damps , and ropy slime ) , Lets fall a supernumerary horror , And only serves to make thy night more irksome . Well do I know thee by thy trusty yew , Cheerless , unsocial plant ! that loves to dwell ' Midst skulls and ...
... round with mouldy damps , and ropy slime ) , Lets fall a supernumerary horror , And only serves to make thy night more irksome . Well do I know thee by thy trusty yew , Cheerless , unsocial plant ! that loves to dwell ' Midst skulls and ...
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... round , and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition , tall and ghastly , That walks at dead of night , or takes his stand O'er some new - open'd grave ; and ( strange to tell ! ) Evanishes at crowing of the cock . Robert Blair . - Born ...
... round , and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition , tall and ghastly , That walks at dead of night , or takes his stand O'er some new - open'd grave ; and ( strange to tell ! ) Evanishes at crowing of the cock . Robert Blair . - Born ...
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... round the room : But , knowing her own weakness , she despairs To scale the Alps - that is , ascend the stairs . My fan ! let others say , who laugh at toil ; Fan ! hood ! glove ! scarf ! is her laconic style ; And that is spoke with ...
... round the room : But , knowing her own weakness , she despairs To scale the Alps - that is , ascend the stairs . My fan ! let others say , who laugh at toil ; Fan ! hood ! glove ! scarf ! is her laconic style ; And that is spoke with ...
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... round , And mingles both their graces . By degrees , The human blossom blows ; and every day , Soft as it rolls along , shows some new charm , The father's lustre , and the mother's bloom . Then infant reason grows apace , and calls For ...
... round , And mingles both their graces . By degrees , The human blossom blows ; and every day , Soft as it rolls along , shows some new charm , The father's lustre , and the mother's bloom . Then infant reason grows apace , and calls For ...
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... round . James Thomson . - Born 1700 , Died 1748 . 871. - THE HARVEST STORM . Defeating oft the labours of the year , The sultry south collects a potent blast . At first , the groves are scarcely seen to stir Their trembling tops , and a ...
... round . James Thomson . - Born 1700 , Died 1748 . 871. - THE HARVEST STORM . Defeating oft the labours of the year , The sultry south collects a potent blast . At first , the groves are scarcely seen to stir Their trembling tops , and a ...
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