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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... soft than e'er did midnight thief , That slides his hand under the miser's pillow , And carries off his prize . world ? - What is this What but a spacious burial field unwall'd , Strew'd with death's spoils , the spoils of animals ...
... soft than e'er did midnight thief , That slides his hand under the miser's pillow , And carries off his prize . world ? - What is this What but a spacious burial field unwall'd , Strew'd with death's spoils , the spoils of animals ...
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... soft , sliding from her sphere , Her shepherd cheered ; of her enamoured less Than I of thee . And art thou still unsung , Beneath whose brow , and by whose aid , I sing ? Immortal silence ! where shall I begin ? Where end ? or how ...
... soft , sliding from her sphere , Her shepherd cheered ; of her enamoured less Than I of thee . And art thou still unsung , Beneath whose brow , and by whose aid , I sing ? Immortal silence ! where shall I begin ? Where end ? or how ...
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... soft whispers of that God in man , Why fly to folly , why to frenzy fly , For rescue from the blessings we possess ? Time , the supreme ! -Time is eternity ; Pregnant with all that makes archangels smile . Who murders Time , he crushes ...
... soft whispers of that God in man , Why fly to folly , why to frenzy fly , For rescue from the blessings we possess ? Time , the supreme ! -Time is eternity ; Pregnant with all that makes archangels smile . Who murders Time , he crushes ...
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... soft and warm , Clean and complete , their habitation grows . As thus the patient dam assiduous sits , Not to be tempted from her tender task Or by sharp hunger or by smooth delight , Though the whole loosen'd spring around her blows ...
... soft and warm , Clean and complete , their habitation grows . As thus the patient dam assiduous sits , Not to be tempted from her tender task Or by sharp hunger or by smooth delight , Though the whole loosen'd spring around her blows ...
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... 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 the kind hand of an assiduous care . Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , To teach ...
... 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 the kind hand of an assiduous care . Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , To teach ...
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