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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... sleep ! A shade that follows wealth or fame , And leaves the wretch to weep ! And love is still an emptier sound , The modern fair - one's jest , On earth unseen , or only found To warm the turtle's nest . For shame , fond youth , thy ...
... sleep ! A shade that follows wealth or fame , And leaves the wretch to weep ! And love is still an emptier sound , The modern fair - one's jest , On earth unseen , or only found To warm the turtle's nest . For shame , fond youth , thy ...
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... sleep unbribed his dews refreshing shed ; White - mantled Innocence , ethereal sprite , Shall chase far off the goblins of the night ; And Independence o'er the day preside , Propitious power ! my patron and my pride . Smollett . - Born ...
... sleep unbribed his dews refreshing shed ; White - mantled Innocence , ethereal sprite , Shall chase far off the goblins of the night ; And Independence o'er the day preside , Propitious power ! my patron and my pride . Smollett . - Born ...
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... sleep . The murmuring rivulet , and the hoarser strain Of waters rushing o'er the slippery rocks , Will nightly lull you to ambrosial rest . To please the fancy is no trifling good , Where health is studied ; for whatever moves The mind ...
... sleep . The murmuring rivulet , and the hoarser strain Of waters rushing o'er the slippery rocks , Will nightly lull you to ambrosial rest . To please the fancy is no trifling good , Where health is studied ; for whatever moves The mind ...
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... sleeps beneath yon poplar pale— Lover , if e'er thy heart has bled , Thy heart will far forego my tale ! XI . Ellen is ... sleep . " These jewels , all unmeet for me , Shalt thou , " she said , " good shepherd , take ; These gems will ...
... sleeps beneath yon poplar pale— Lover , if e'er thy heart has bled , Thy heart will far forego my tale ! XI . Ellen is ... sleep . " These jewels , all unmeet for me , Shalt thou , " she said , " good shepherd , take ; These gems will ...
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... sleep Closes beneath a mother's smile , Who , only when it closed , would weep , And yield to tender woe the while . No more , with fond attention dear , She seeks th ' unspoken wish to find ; No more shall she , with pleasure's tear ...
... sleep Closes beneath a mother's smile , Who , only when it closed , would weep , And yield to tender woe the while . No more , with fond attention dear , She seeks th ' unspoken wish to find ; No more shall she , with pleasure's tear ...
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