The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 2Edward Moxon, 1836 - English poetry |
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... close the peaceful lives of flowers ? Say , when the moving creatures saw All kinds commingled without fear , Prevailed a like indulgent law For the still growths that prosper here ? Did wanton fawn and kid forbear The half - blown rose ...
... close the peaceful lives of flowers ? Say , when the moving creatures saw All kinds commingled without fear , Prevailed a like indulgent law For the still growths that prosper here ? Did wanton fawn and kid forbear The half - blown rose ...
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... close behind , some side by side , Like clouds in stormy weather ; They run , and cry , " Nay , let us die , And let us die together . " A lake was near ; the shore was steep ; There never foot had been ; They ran , and with a desperate ...
... close behind , some side by side , Like clouds in stormy weather ; They run , and cry , " Nay , let us die , And let us die together . " A lake was near ; the shore was steep ; There never foot had been ; They ran , and with a desperate ...
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... close them again . * See Paradise Lost , Book XI . , where Adam points out to Eve the ominous sign of the Eagle chasing " two Birds of gayest plume , " and the gentle Hart and Hind pursued by their enemy . If the Butterfly knew but his ...
... close them again . * See Paradise Lost , Book XI . , where Adam points out to Eve the ominous sign of the Eagle chasing " two Birds of gayest plume , " and the gentle Hart and Hind pursued by their enemy . If the Butterfly knew but his ...
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... close , Heavy and wan , all whitened by the Moon , Which through that veil is indistinctly seen , A dull , contracted circle , yielding light So feebly spread , that not a shadow falls , Chequering the ground - from rock , plant , tree ...
... close , Heavy and wan , all whitened by the Moon , Which through that veil is indistinctly seen , A dull , contracted circle , yielding light So feebly spread , that not a shadow falls , Chequering the ground - from rock , plant , tree ...
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... close , you ' d say that they are bent With plain and manifest intent To drag it to the ground ; And all have joined in one endeavour To bury this poor Thorn for ever . III . High on a mountain's highest ridge , Where oft the stormy ...
... close , you ' d say that they are bent With plain and manifest intent To drag it to the ground ; And all have joined in one endeavour To bury this poor Thorn for ever . III . High on a mountain's highest ridge , Where oft the stormy ...
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