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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... eyes were bright , Yet leave those eyes to weep ? How could you say my face was fair , And yet that face forsake ? How could you win my virgin heart , Yet leave that heart to break ? Why did you say my lip was sweet , And made the ...
... eyes were bright , Yet leave those eyes to weep ? How could you say my face was fair , And yet that face forsake ? How could you win my virgin heart , Yet leave that heart to break ? Why did you say my lip was sweet , And made the ...
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... eye , From every duty , every care , That in my mournful thoughts might claim a share , Or force my tears their ... eyes where beaming used to shine Reason's pure light and Virtue's spark divine . Oft would the Dryads of these woods ...
... eye , From every duty , every care , That in my mournful thoughts might claim a share , Or force my tears their ... eyes where beaming used to shine Reason's pure light and Virtue's spark divine . Oft would the Dryads of these woods ...
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... eyes the poet stood ( Loose his beard , and hoary hair Streamed , like a meteor , to the troubled air ) ; And with a master's hand , and prophet's fire , Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre . " Hark , how each giant oak , and desert ...
... eyes the poet stood ( Loose his beard , and hoary hair Streamed , like a meteor , to the troubled air ) ; And with a master's hand , and prophet's fire , Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre . " Hark , how each giant oak , and desert ...
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... eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage , And froze the genial current of the soul . Full many a gem , of purest ray serene , The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ...
... eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage , And froze the genial current of the soul . Full many a gem , of purest ray serene , The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ...
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... eyes . Smiles on past misfortune's brow , Soft reflection's hand can trace ; And o'er the cheek of sorrow throw A melancholy grace : While hope prolongs our happier hour ; Or deepest shades that dimly lower And blacken round our weary ...
... eyes . Smiles on past misfortune's brow , Soft reflection's hand can trace ; And o'er the cheek of sorrow throw A melancholy grace : While hope prolongs our happier hour ; Or deepest shades that dimly lower And blacken round our weary ...
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