PoemsT. Cadell, and E. Moxon, 1836 |
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... heard by fits The distant echoes gaining on his ear , Came and held fast my stirrup in his hand . While I alighted . Long could I have stood , With a religious awe contemplating That House , the highest in the Ancient World , And ...
... heard by fits The distant echoes gaining on his ear , Came and held fast my stirrup in his hand . While I alighted . Long could I have stood , With a religious awe contemplating That House , the highest in the Ancient World , And ...
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... heard the mole work underground , So great the stillness of that place ; none seen , Save when from rock to rock a hermit crossed By some rude bridge — or one at midnight tolled To matins , and white habits , issuing forth , Glided ...
... heard the mole work underground , So great the stillness of that place ; none seen , Save when from rock to rock a hermit crossed By some rude bridge — or one at midnight tolled To matins , and white habits , issuing forth , Glided ...
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... heard no more . A Chamois on the cliff Had roused his fellows with that cry of fear , And all were gone . But now the theme was changed ! And he recounted his hair - breadth escapes , When with his friend , Hubert of Bionnay , ( 23.
... heard no more . A Chamois on the cliff Had roused his fellows with that cry of fear , And all were gone . But now the theme was changed ! And he recounted his hair - breadth escapes , When with his friend , Hubert of Bionnay , ( 23.
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... heard , And seen as motionless ! Nearer we drew ; And lo , a woman young and delicate , Wrapt in a russet cloak from head to foot , Her eyes cast down , her cheek upon her hand , In deepest thought . Over her tresses fair , Young as she ...
... heard , And seen as motionless ! Nearer we drew ; And lo , a woman young and delicate , Wrapt in a russet cloak from head to foot , Her eyes cast down , her cheek upon her hand , In deepest thought . Over her tresses fair , Young as she ...
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... heard his hour was near , Went forth unseen , and , burdened as she was , Crossed the high Alps on foot to ask forgiveness , And hold him to her heart before he died . Her task was done . She had fulfilled her wish , And now was on her ...
... heard his hour was near , Went forth unseen , and , burdened as she was , Crossed the high Alps on foot to ask forgiveness , And hold him to her heart before he died . Her task was done . She had fulfilled her wish , And now was on her ...
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