Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2J. Murray, 1828 |
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... , who , though buried , as it were , beneath an immense mass of occasional , and therefore , in general , uninteresting verses , has every now and then a Not , indeed , until DUNBAR arose in the sister 4 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... , who , though buried , as it were , beneath an immense mass of occasional , and therefore , in general , uninteresting verses , has every now and then a Not , indeed , until DUNBAR arose in the sister 4 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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... join Their sorrows to forego , O why thus all alone are mine The weary steps of woe ! The trout within yon wimpling burn Glides swift , a silver dart , And safe beneath the shady thorn Defies the angler's art 22 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... join Their sorrows to forego , O why thus all alone are mine The weary steps of woe ! The trout within yon wimpling burn Glides swift , a silver dart , And safe beneath the shady thorn Defies the angler's art 22 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Nathan Drake. And safe beneath the shady thorn Defies the angler's art : My life was ance that careless stream , That wanton trout was I ; But love , wi ' unrelenting beam , Has ...
Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Nathan Drake. And safe beneath the shady thorn Defies the angler's art : My life was ance that careless stream , That wanton trout was I ; But love , wi ' unrelenting beam , Has ...
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... Beneath his feet Afford some hero's hallow'd bones Their cold retreat ; - Perhaps e'en there on Fingal's arm A thousand heroes hung , While Ossian , music of the storm , The battle anthem sung : Or there mania's palace rose In more than ...
... Beneath his feet Afford some hero's hallow'd bones Their cold retreat ; - Perhaps e'en there on Fingal's arm A thousand heroes hung , While Ossian , music of the storm , The battle anthem sung : Or there mania's palace rose In more than ...
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... Beneath soft beauty's eye , Or , on the chequer'd field of chess The mimic fight to try . * Dr. Hyde says , " the old Irish were so greatly addicted to chess , that amongst them the possession of good estates has been often decided by ...
... Beneath soft beauty's eye , Or , on the chequer'd field of chess The mimic fight to try . * Dr. Hyde says , " the old Irish were so greatly addicted to chess , that amongst them the possession of good estates has been often decided by ...
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