Fireside Poetry: Being Choice Selections in Chronological Order from the Most Famous Poets, from Chaucer to Tennyson; with Biographical Notices of the Authors ...Amer. News Company - English poetry |
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... eyes oft we , by gleams of love , Have missed the ball and got sight of our dame , To bait her eyes , which kept the leads above . The gravel ground , with sleeves tied on the helm Of foaming horse , with swords and friendly hearts ...
... eyes oft we , by gleams of love , Have missed the ball and got sight of our dame , To bait her eyes , which kept the leads above . The gravel ground , with sleeves tied on the helm Of foaming horse , with swords and friendly hearts ...
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... eyes . Now , o'er one half the world Nature seems dead , and wicked dreams abuse The curtained sleep : now ... eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return . What if her eyes were there , they in her head ? The brightness of her ...
... eyes . Now , o'er one half the world Nature seems dead , and wicked dreams abuse The curtained sleep : now ... eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return . What if her eyes were there , they in her head ? The brightness of her ...
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... eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master ' gainst a post ; Yet round the world the blade has been , To see whatever could be seen . Returning from his finished tour , Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you ...
... eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master ' gainst a post ; Yet round the world the blade has been , To see whatever could be seen . Returning from his finished tour , Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you ...
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