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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... things Which there thou workest by thy soveraine might , Farre above feeble reach of earthly sight , That I thereof an heavenly hymne may sing Unto the God of Love , high Heaven's King . BEFORE THIS WORLD'S GREAT FRAME , in which all things ...
... things Which there thou workest by thy soveraine might , Farre above feeble reach of earthly sight , That I thereof an heavenly hymne may sing Unto the God of Love , high Heaven's King . BEFORE THIS WORLD'S GREAT FRAME , in which all things ...
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... thing wander frae me ? ” " I saw nae your wee thing , I saw nae your ain thing , Nor saw I your true love down by yon lea ; But I met my bonnie thing late in the gloaming , Down by the burnie where flowers the haw - tree : Her hair it ...
... thing wander frae me ? ” " I saw nae your wee thing , I saw nae your ain thing , Nor saw I your true love down by yon lea ; But I met my bonnie thing late in the gloaming , Down by the burnie where flowers the haw - tree : Her hair it ...
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... things above . The things eternal I pursue ; A happiness beyond the view Of those that basely pant For things by nature felt and seen ; Their honours , wealth , and pleasures mean , I neither have nor want . I have no babes to hold me ...
... things above . The things eternal I pursue ; A happiness beyond the view Of those that basely pant For things by nature felt and seen ; Their honours , wealth , and pleasures mean , I neither have nor want . I have no babes to hold me ...
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