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... dream ; It was a theme For reason , much too strong for fantasy . Therefore thou waked'st me wisely ; yet My dream thou brok'st not , but continued'st it . Thou art so true that thoughts of thee suffice To make dreams truths ; and ...
... dream ; It was a theme For reason , much too strong for fantasy . Therefore thou waked'st me wisely ; yet My dream thou brok'st not , but continued'st it . Thou art so true that thoughts of thee suffice To make dreams truths ; and ...
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Bonamy Dobrée Herbert Read. 291 Dream - Pedlary If there were dreams to sell , What would you buy ? Some cost a ... dream , they tell , Waking , to die . Dreaming a dream to prize , In wishing ghosts to rise ; And , if I had the spell To ...
Bonamy Dobrée Herbert Read. 291 Dream - Pedlary If there were dreams to sell , What would you buy ? Some cost a ... dream , they tell , Waking , to die . Dreaming a dream to prize , In wishing ghosts to rise ; And , if I had the spell To ...
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... Dream after dream ensues , And still they dream that they shall still succeed , And still are disappointed . Rings the world With the vain stir . I sum up half mankind , And add two - thirds of the remaining half , And find the total of ...
... Dream after dream ensues , And still they dream that they shall still succeed , And still are disappointed . Rings the world With the vain stir . I sum up half mankind , And add two - thirds of the remaining half , And find the total of ...
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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