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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... tell in homely phrase who lie below . Sudden he starts , and hears , or thinks he hears , The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies , and dares not look behind him , Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ...
... tell in homely phrase who lie below . Sudden he starts , and hears , or thinks he hears , The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies , and dares not look behind him , Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ...
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... tell what's doing on the other side . Nature runs back and shudders at the sight , And every life - string bleeds at thoughts of parting ; For part they must : body and soul must part ; Fond couple ! link'd more close than wedded pair ...
... tell what's doing on the other side . Nature runs back and shudders at the sight , And every life - string bleeds at thoughts of parting ; For part they must : body and soul must part ; Fond couple ! link'd more close than wedded pair ...
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... tell be true ? To the green margin of a lonely wood , Whose pendent shades o'erlook'd a silver flood , Young Damon came , unknowing where he stray'd , Full of the image of his beauteous maid : His flock , far off , unfed , untended ...
... tell be true ? To the green margin of a lonely wood , Whose pendent shades o'erlook'd a silver flood , Young Damon came , unknowing where he stray'd , Full of the image of his beauteous maid : His flock , far off , unfed , untended ...
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... Tell how each beauty of her mind and face Was brighten'd by some sweet peculiar grace ! How eloquent in every look Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke ! Tell how her manners , by the world refined , Left all the taint ...
... Tell how each beauty of her mind and face Was brighten'd by some sweet peculiar grace ! How eloquent in every look Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke ! Tell how her manners , by the world refined , Left all the taint ...
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... Tell how to more than manly sense She join'd the softening influence Of more than female tenderness : How , in the thoughtless days of wealth and joy , Which oft the care of others ' good destroy , Her kindly - melting heart , To every ...
... Tell how to more than manly sense She join'd the softening influence Of more than female tenderness : How , in the thoughtless days of wealth and joy , Which oft the care of others ' good destroy , Her kindly - melting heart , To every ...
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