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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... sigh Broke from her heart , these accents from her lips . The full of days and honours through the gate Of painless slumber is retired . His tomb Shall stand among his fathers , in the shade Of his own trophies . Placid were his days ...
... sigh Broke from her heart , these accents from her lips . The full of days and honours through the gate Of painless slumber is retired . His tomb Shall stand among his fathers , in the shade Of his own trophies . Placid were his days ...
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... sigh . Prisoner of earth , and pent beneath the moon , Here pinions all his wishes ; winged by heaven To fly at infinite : and reach it there Where seraphs gather immortality , On life's fair tree , fast by the throne of God . What ...
... sigh . Prisoner of earth , and pent beneath the moon , Here pinions all his wishes ; winged by heaven To fly at infinite : and reach it there Where seraphs gather immortality , On life's fair tree , fast by the throne of God . What ...
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... sigh , Nor talk of the change that ye find ; None once was so watchful as I ; I have left my dear Phyllis behind . Now I know what it is , to have strove With the torture of doubt and desire ; What it is to admire and to love , And to ...
... sigh , Nor talk of the change that ye find ; None once was so watchful as I ; I have left my dear Phyllis behind . Now I know what it is , to have strove With the torture of doubt and desire ; What it is to admire and to love , And to ...
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... sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn . Shenstone . - Born 1714 , Died 1763 . 897. - WILLIAM AND MARGARET . ' Twas at the silent solemn hour , When night and morning meet ; In glided Margaret's grimly ghost ...
... sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn . Shenstone . - Born 1714 , Died 1763 . 897. - WILLIAM AND MARGARET . ' Twas at the silent solemn hour , When night and morning meet ; In glided Margaret's grimly ghost ...
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... sigh and words that weep , Till all the vocal current blended roll , Not to depress but lift the soaring soul . To lift it in the Maker's praise Who first inform'd our frame with breath , And after some few stormy days Now gracious ...
... sigh and words that weep , Till all the vocal current blended roll , Not to depress but lift the soaring soul . To lift it in the Maker's praise Who first inform'd our frame with breath , And after some few stormy days Now gracious ...
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