The Modern Poetical Speaker; Or, a Collection of Pieces Adapted for Recitation Extracted from the Poets of the Nineteenth Century |
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... gleam of day Is all of life we share , Let pity plead within thy breast That little all to spare . So may thy hospitable board With health and peace be crown'd ; And every charm of heartfelt ease Beneath thy roof be found ! So when ...
... gleam of day Is all of life we share , Let pity plead within thy breast That little all to spare . So may thy hospitable board With health and peace be crown'd ; And every charm of heartfelt ease Beneath thy roof be found ! So when ...
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... Gleam'd sweetly through the summer sky ! And moon and sun in answer said , ' Our days of light are numbered ! " O God ! O good beyond compare ! If thus Thy meaner works are fair ! If thus Thy bounties gild the span Of ruin'd earth and ...
... Gleam'd sweetly through the summer sky ! And moon and sun in answer said , ' Our days of light are numbered ! " O God ! O good beyond compare ! If thus Thy meaner works are fair ! If thus Thy bounties gild the span Of ruin'd earth and ...
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... gleam on the birchen stems is thrown As the soft wind playing parts the leaves , in copses green and lone . them not to desert the city . At another time , when they were suffering from a long scarcity , St. Geneviève ascended the Seine ...
... gleam on the birchen stems is thrown As the soft wind playing parts the leaves , in copses green and lone . them not to desert the city . At another time , when they were suffering from a long scarcity , St. Geneviève ascended the Seine ...
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... gleam'd . And by the torches ' blaze The stately priest had said High words of power and praise To the glory of the dead . They lower'd him , with the sound Of requiems , to repose ; When from the throngs around A solemn voice arose ...
... gleam'd . And by the torches ' blaze The stately priest had said High words of power and praise To the glory of the dead . They lower'd him , with the sound Of requiems , to repose ; When from the throngs around A solemn voice arose ...
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... gleam ; Away hath pass'd the heather - bell That bloom'd so rich in Needpath fell ; Sallow his brow , and russet bare Are now the sister heights of Yair . The sheep , before the pinching heaven , To shelter'd dale and down are driven ...
... gleam ; Away hath pass'd the heather - bell That bloom'd so rich in Needpath fell ; Sallow his brow , and russet bare Are now the sister heights of Yair . The sheep , before the pinching heaven , To shelter'd dale and down are driven ...
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AUBREY DE VERE BARRY CORNWALL beauty beneath bird bloom blossoms blue Boabdil breast breath breeze bright brow CAROLINE FRY child clouds Clusium dark dead dear death deep delight earth ev'ry fair fear flowers friends Gelert gentle gleam gloom glorious glory glow grave green grief hand hast hath hear heart heaven Henry of Luxembourg hill hope horned owl hour JOANNA BAILLIE king land Lars Porsena light lone look look'd Lord lov'd morn mother mountain night o'er pale pass'd Pompeii Populonia prayer pride rest rill rock rose round seem'd shade shine shore sigh silent sing sleep smile snow song sorrow soul sound spirit spring star stood storm stranger's heart stream sweet tears thee thine Thou art thought Tiber tomb tree turn'd Twas Venice voice waves weep wild wind wing youth