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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... Come then , ye virgin - sisters , come , And strew with choicest flowers her hallow'd tomb : But foremost thou , in sable vestment clad , With accents sweet and sad , Thou , plaintive Muse , whom o'er his Laura's urn # Unhappy Petrarch ...
... Come then , ye virgin - sisters , come , And strew with choicest flowers her hallow'd tomb : But foremost thou , in sable vestment clad , With accents sweet and sad , Thou , plaintive Muse , whom o'er his Laura's urn # Unhappy Petrarch ...
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... come , Nor care beyond to - day ; Yet see how all around ' em wait The ministers of human fate , And black ... comes too late , And happiness too swiftly flies ? Thought would destroy their paradise . No more ; where ignorance ...
... come , Nor care beyond to - day ; Yet see how all around ' em wait The ministers of human fate , And black ... comes too late , And happiness too swiftly flies ? Thought would destroy their paradise . No more ; where ignorance ...
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... come ashore . For there's nae luck about the house , There's nae luck at a ' ; There's little pleasure in the house When ... comes up the stair . And shall I see his face again ? And shall I hear him speak ? I'm downright dizzy wi ' the ...
... come ashore . For there's nae luck about the house , There's nae luck at a ' ; There's little pleasure in the house When ... comes up the stair . And shall I see his face again ? And shall I hear him speak ? I'm downright dizzy wi ' the ...
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... comes not ; -can she then delay ? Cried the fair youth , and dropt a tear- " Whatever filial love could say , To her I said , and call'd her dear . She comes - Oh ! no - encircled round , ' Tis some rude chief with many a spear . My ...
... comes not ; -can she then delay ? Cried the fair youth , and dropt a tear- " Whatever filial love could say , To her I said , and call'd her dear . She comes - Oh ! no - encircled round , ' Tis some rude chief with many a spear . My ...
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... Comes o'er the beam of light ; A pilgrim in a weary land , Man tarries but a night . Behold ! sad emblem of thy ... come . " Thus nature pour'd the wail of woe , And urged her earnest cry ; Her voice , in agony extreme , Ascended to the ...
... Comes o'er the beam of light ; A pilgrim in a weary land , Man tarries but a night . Behold ! sad emblem of thy ... come . " Thus nature pour'd the wail of woe , And urged her earnest cry ; Her voice , in agony extreme , Ascended to the ...
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