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... fair border bade me stray : There , sorrowing , shall she see , Beneath an aged tree , Her true , but hapless lover's lowly bier ; Too late her tender sighs Shall melt the pitying skies , And her soft veil shall hide the gushing tear ...
... fair border bade me stray : There , sorrowing , shall she see , Beneath an aged tree , Her true , but hapless lover's lowly bier ; Too late her tender sighs Shall melt the pitying skies , And her soft veil shall hide the gushing tear ...
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... fair table - book , our tender souls , We scrawl all o'er with old and empty rules , Stale memorandums of the schools . ' Dryden says , " Put into your Table - Book whatsoever you judge worthy . " I hope I shall not unworthily err , if ...
... fair table - book , our tender souls , We scrawl all o'er with old and empty rules , Stale memorandums of the schools . ' Dryden says , " Put into your Table - Book whatsoever you judge worthy . " I hope I shall not unworthily err , if ...
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... fair Helene Schar- , in marriage . This prince , after ong delay , one day informed them , esteeming them equally , and not being the to bestow a preference , he should ve it to the force and address of the mants to decide the question ...
... fair Helene Schar- , in marriage . This prince , after ong delay , one day informed them , esteeming them equally , and not being the to bestow a preference , he should ve it to the force and address of the mants to decide the question ...
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... fair , The western portions render ; - O the counties , the matchless western counties , But far the best , Of all the rest , Is Somerset for ever . For come with me , and we'll survey Our hills and vallies over , Our vales , where ...
... fair , The western portions render ; - O the counties , the matchless western counties , But far the best , Of all the rest , Is Somerset for ever . For come with me , and we'll survey Our hills and vallies over , Our vales , where ...
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... fair , Thongs eloquent themselves , yet fear to break , What is it , but a map of busy life , Its fuctuations , and its vast concerns ? ses in ashes , and the fall of stocks , Births , deaths , and marriages- -The grand debate , The ...
... fair , Thongs eloquent themselves , yet fear to break , What is it , but a map of busy life , Its fuctuations , and its vast concerns ? ses in ashes , and the fall of stocks , Births , deaths , and marriages- -The grand debate , The ...
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Page 37 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 385 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 207 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Page 715 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 549 - Come forth, O ye children of gladness, come ! Where the violets lie may be now your home. Ye of the rose-cheek and dew-bright eye, And the bounding footstep, to meet me fly, With the lyre, and the wreath, and the joyous lay, Come forth to the sunshine, I may not stay...
Page 729 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Page 729 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among -the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Page 11 - And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
Page 187 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 333 - ... for which reason they had come unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.