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... singing and more the effect of recitation . Occasionally , the light syllable or syllables of a foot are altogether omitted , their place being supplied by a pause : V v Break , break , break , On thy cold gray stones , O sea ! Over ...
... singing and more the effect of recitation . Occasionally , the light syllable or syllables of a foot are altogether omitted , their place being supplied by a pause : V v Break , break , break , On thy cold gray stones , O sea ! Over ...
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... sing to him that rests below , And , since the grasses round me wave , I take the grasses of the grave And make them pipes whereon to blow . Another variation is the oriental quatrain of Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat : a , a , b , a 26 ...
... sing to him that rests below , And , since the grasses round me wave , I take the grasses of the grave And make them pipes whereon to blow . Another variation is the oriental quatrain of Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat : a , a , b , a 26 ...
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... sing , I cannot ease the burden of your fears , Or make quick - coming death a little thing , Or bring again the pleasure of past years , Nor for my words shall ye forget your tears , Or hope again for aught that I can say , The idle ...
... sing , I cannot ease the burden of your fears , Or make quick - coming death a little thing , Or bring again the pleasure of past years , Nor for my words shall ye forget your tears , Or hope again for aught that I can say , The idle ...
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... sing , Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we to - witta - woo ! 5 The palm and may make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day . And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay , Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to ...
... sing , Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we to - witta - woo ! 5 The palm and may make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day . And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay , Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to ...
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... sing ; Make an eternal Spring ! Give life to this dark world which lieth dead ; 5 Spread forth thy golden hair In larger locks than thou wast wont before , And emperor - like decore With diadem of pearl thy temples fair : Chase hence ...
... sing ; Make an eternal Spring ! Give life to this dark world which lieth dead ; 5 Spread forth thy golden hair In larger locks than thou wast wont before , And emperor - like decore With diadem of pearl thy temples fair : Chase hence ...
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anapestic Arethuse beauty beneath birds bonnie bower breast breath bright Brignall CASTLE OF CHILLON clouds County Guy dactylic dark dead dear death deep delight dost doth dream earth eyes fair fancy fear feel feet flowers frae gentle glory Gray green H. F. Lyte happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hill iambic pentameter kiss leaves light live look'd Lord Lord Byron Love's Lycidas lyre lyric Milton mind morn mountains Muse ne'er never night numbers Nymph o'er P. B. Shelley passion Pindaric pleasure poem poet poetry rhyme rose round seem'd shade Shakespeare sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit Spring stanzas star sweet tears tell thee thine things thou art thought tree trochaic trochee Twas verse voice waly waly waves weep wild winds wings Wordsworth Yarrow youth