PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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... O'er infant innocence to hang and weep , Murdered by ruffian hands , when smiling in its sleep . Ye Household Deities ! whose guardian eye Marked each pure thought , ere registered on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground ...
... O'er infant innocence to hang and weep , Murdered by ruffian hands , when smiling in its sleep . Ye Household Deities ! whose guardian eye Marked each pure thought , ere registered on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground ...
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... o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , Long watched the streaming signal from the mast ; Till twilight's dewy tints deceived his eye , And fairy - forests fringed the evening - sky . So Scotia's Queen , as slowly dawned the day , Rose ...
... o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , Long watched the streaming signal from the mast ; Till twilight's dewy tints deceived his eye , And fairy - forests fringed the evening - sky . So Scotia's Queen , as slowly dawned the day , Rose ...
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... o'er the blasted heath the day declined , And on the scathed oak warred the winter - wind ; When not a distant taper's twinkling ray Gleamed o'er the furze to light him on his way ; When not a sheep - bell soothed his listening ear 20.
... o'er the blasted heath the day declined , And on the scathed oak warred the winter - wind ; When not a distant taper's twinkling ray Gleamed o'er the furze to light him on his way ; When not a sheep - bell soothed his listening ear 20.
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... o'er Futurity's blank page diffuse The full reflection of her vivid hues . ' Tis but to die , and then , to weep no more , Then will he wake on Congo's distant shore ; Beneath his plantain's ancient shade renew The simple transports ...
... o'er Futurity's blank page diffuse The full reflection of her vivid hues . ' Tis but to die , and then , to weep no more , Then will he wake on Congo's distant shore ; Beneath his plantain's ancient shade renew The simple transports ...
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... o'er the soul . Hast thou thro ' Eden's wild - wood vales pursued Each mountain - scene , majestically rude ; To note the sweet simplicity of life , Far from the din of Folly's idle strife ; Nor there awhile , with lifted eye , revered ...
... o'er the soul . Hast thou thro ' Eden's wild - wood vales pursued Each mountain - scene , majestically rude ; To note the sweet simplicity of life , Far from the din of Folly's idle strife ; Nor there awhile , with lifted eye , revered ...
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