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Page 89
... breath ? She hath robbed nature of her skill , And comforts all things with her breath . Why slide these brooks so slow away , As swift as the wild roe that were ? O muse not shepherd that they stay , When they her heavenly voice do ...
... breath ? She hath robbed nature of her skill , And comforts all things with her breath . Why slide these brooks so slow away , As swift as the wild roe that were ? O muse not shepherd that they stay , When they her heavenly voice do ...
Page 429
... breath of the time that has been hovers In the air now soft with a summer to be . Not a breath shall there sweeten the seasons hereafter Of the flowers or the lovers that laugh now or weep , When as they that are free now of weeping and ...
... breath of the time that has been hovers In the air now soft with a summer to be . Not a breath shall there sweeten the seasons hereafter Of the flowers or the lovers that laugh now or weep , When as they that are free now of weeping and ...
Page 443
... breath , and catch my flying soul ! Ah no - in sacred vestments may'st thou stand , The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand , Present the Cross before my lifted eye , Teach me at once , and learn of me to die . Ah then , thy once lov'd ...
... breath , and catch my flying soul ! Ah no - in sacred vestments may'st thou stand , The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand , Present the Cross before my lifted eye , Teach me at once , and learn of me to die . Ah then , thy once lov'd ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK I | 1 |
Anon Lully lulley | 2 |
Anon The Laily Worm | 3 |
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ANON beauty BEN JONSON beneath birds blood breast breath bright clouds dark dead dear death delight doth dream earth EMILY BRONTË eternal ev'ry eyes fair fall fear fire flowers friends glory golden grace grave green grief hair hand hast hath head hear heart heaven JOHN DONNE JOHN MILTON kiss Lady leave light lips live look Lord Lord Randal Love's lovers MICHAEL DRAYTON mind moon morn never night numbers o'er pain PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pleasure Poems rest ROBERT HERRICK rose round shade shadows shalt shepherd shine sighs sight silent sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile soft song Sonnet sorrow soul spirit spring stars sweet tears thee thine things THOMAS CAMPION thou art thought tree unto voice waves weep wild WILLIAM WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings