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... heart tired . The world now lets her be , But once required that she Fill it with smiles of glee , And bathe the earth With a tired heart's mirth : But now they let her be . C Through sounding , heated mazes her life turned : Peace laps ...
... heart tired . The world now lets her be , But once required that she Fill it with smiles of glee , And bathe the earth With a tired heart's mirth : But now they let her be . C Through sounding , heated mazes her life turned : Peace laps ...
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... heart alloyed That leaves a heart high - sorrowful and cloyed ( the mansion of the heart destroyed ) ( A burning forehead , and a parching tongue And all the feverish ills that plague frail flesh . ( And all the aches that have wrung ...
... heart alloyed That leaves a heart high - sorrowful and cloyed ( the mansion of the heart destroyed ) ( A burning forehead , and a parching tongue And all the feverish ills that plague frail flesh . ( And all the aches that have wrung ...
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... heart renewed . Thy cheek begins to redden through the gloom , Thy sweet eyes brighten slowly close to mine , Ere yet they blind the stars , and the wild team Which love thee , yearning for thy yoke , arise , And shake the darkness from ...
... heart renewed . Thy cheek begins to redden through the gloom , Thy sweet eyes brighten slowly close to mine , Ere yet they blind the stars , and the wild team Which love thee , yearning for thy yoke , arise , And shake the darkness from ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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