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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... rose was budded in her cheek , Just opening to the view . But love had , like the canker - worm , Consumed her early prime ; The rose grew pale , and left her cheek- She died before her time . Awake ! she cried , thy true love calls ...
... rose was budded in her cheek , Just opening to the view . But love had , like the canker - worm , Consumed her early prime ; The rose grew pale , and left her cheek- She died before her time . Awake ! she cried , thy true love calls ...
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... rose to ward the public woe , To wake the heedless , and incite the slow , Against Corruption Liberty to arm , And quell the enchantress by a mightier charm . Swift o'er the land the fair contagion flew , And with thy country's hopes ...
... rose to ward the public woe , To wake the heedless , and incite the slow , Against Corruption Liberty to arm , And quell the enchantress by a mightier charm . Swift o'er the land the fair contagion flew , And with thy country's hopes ...
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... rose along the mazy rills , And light's last blushes tinged the distant hills . Lord Lyttelton . - Born 1709 , Died 1773 . 905. - TO THE REVEREND DR . AYSCOUGH . Say , dearest friend , how roll thy hours away ? What pleasing study ...
... rose along the mazy rills , And light's last blushes tinged the distant hills . Lord Lyttelton . - Born 1709 , Died 1773 . 905. - TO THE REVEREND DR . AYSCOUGH . Say , dearest friend , how roll thy hours away ? What pleasing study ...
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... rose , Unwieldy wealth and cumb'rous pomp repose ; And every want to luxury allied , And every pang that folly pays to pride . Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those calm desires that ask'd but little room , Those ...
... rose , Unwieldy wealth and cumb'rous pomp repose ; And every want to luxury allied , And every pang that folly pays to pride . Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those calm desires that ask'd but little room , Those ...
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... rose For fragrance vies ; for in the thirsty soil Most fragrant breathe the aromatic tribes . There bid thy roofs high on the basking steep Ascend , there light thy hospitable fires . And let them see the winter morn arise , The summer ...
... rose For fragrance vies ; for in the thirsty soil Most fragrant breathe the aromatic tribes . There bid thy roofs high on the basking steep Ascend , there light thy hospitable fires . And let them see the winter morn arise , The summer ...
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