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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... sweet are streams to poison drank in gold ! The world is full of horror , troubles , slights : Wood's harmless shades have only true delights . TO A NIGHTINGALE . SWEET bird ! that sing'st away the early hours Of winters past , or ...
... sweet are streams to poison drank in gold ! The world is full of horror , troubles , slights : Wood's harmless shades have only true delights . TO A NIGHTINGALE . SWEET bird ! that sing'st away the early hours Of winters past , or ...
Page 74
... sweet heart to this ? No , no ; this sorrow shown By your tears shed , Would have this lecture read- " That things ... Sweet Spirit , comfort me . When I lie within my bed , Sick in heart and sick in head , And with doubts disquieted ...
... sweet heart to this ? No , no ; this sorrow shown By your tears shed , Would have this lecture read- " That things ... Sweet Spirit , comfort me . When I lie within my bed , Sick in heart and sick in head , And with doubts disquieted ...
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... sweet to look beyond our cage , And long to fly away . Sweet to look inward , and attend The whispers of His love ; Sweet to look upward to the place Where Jesus pleads above . Sweet to look back , and see my name In life's fair book ...
... sweet to look beyond our cage , And long to fly away . Sweet to look inward , and attend The whispers of His love ; Sweet to look upward to the place Where Jesus pleads above . Sweet to look back , and see my name In life's fair book ...
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