Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 2Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
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... dream , A lone philosopher you seem ; Now quick from hill to vale you fly , And now you sweep the vaulted sky ; A shepherd next , you haunt the plain , And warble forth your oaten strain . A lover now , with all the grace Of that sweet ...
... dream , A lone philosopher you seem ; Now quick from hill to vale you fly , And now you sweep the vaulted sky ; A shepherd next , you haunt the plain , And warble forth your oaten strain . A lover now , with all the grace Of that sweet ...
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... dream , and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze , And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways . Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd , Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more ...
... dream , and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze , And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways . Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd , Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more ...
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... dreams of thought That warm the young unpractised breast , Her wonted bower sweet Ellen sought , And Carron murmur'd ... dream again . With warrior - bow , with hunter's spear , With locks adown his shoulder spread , Young Nithisdale is ...
... dreams of thought That warm the young unpractised breast , Her wonted bower sweet Ellen sought , And Carron murmur'd ... dream again . With warrior - bow , with hunter's spear , With locks adown his shoulder spread , Young Nithisdale is ...
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... dreams depart ; And one struck deep his forehead fair , And one went through his gentle heart . Love's waking dream is lost in sleep- He lies beneath yon poplar pale ; Ah ! could we marvel ye should weep , Ye maidens fair of Marlivale ...
... dreams depart ; And one struck deep his forehead fair , And one went through his gentle heart . Love's waking dream is lost in sleep- He lies beneath yon poplar pale ; Ah ! could we marvel ye should weep , Ye maidens fair of Marlivale ...
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... dream , he said : " Ah , where is now the promised joy Of this for ever , ever fled ! O picture dear ! -for her loved sake How fondly could my heart bewail ! My friendly shepherdess , O wake , And tell me more of this sad tale . O tell ...
... dream , he said : " Ah , where is now the promised joy Of this for ever , ever fled ! O picture dear ! -for her loved sake How fondly could my heart bewail ! My friendly shepherdess , O wake , And tell me more of this sad tale . O tell ...
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