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... fall Fall , leaves , fall ; die , flowers , away ; Lengthen night , and shorten day ! Every leaf speaks bliss to me , Fluttering from the autumn tree . I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow ; I shall sing ...
... fall Fall , leaves , fall ; die , flowers , away ; Lengthen night , and shorten day ! Every leaf speaks bliss to me , Fluttering from the autumn tree . I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow ; I shall sing ...
Page 420
... falling Mind labour'd , Organising itself , till the Vacuum Became element , pliant to rise Or to fall or to swim or to fly , With ease searching the dire vacuity . WILLIAM BLAKE 450 The Sea of Death A Fragment -Methought I saw Life ...
... falling Mind labour'd , Organising itself , till the Vacuum Became element , pliant to rise Or to fall or to swim or to fly , With ease searching the dire vacuity . WILLIAM BLAKE 450 The Sea of Death A Fragment -Methought I saw Life ...
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... Fall'st ten times low'r ; Nay , hast not pow'r to rise , if not , in case , To fall more base : Thou wallow'st where I slip ; and thou dost tumble Where I but stumble : Thou glory'st in thy slav'ries ' dirty badges , And fall'st for ...
... Fall'st ten times low'r ; Nay , hast not pow'r to rise , if not , in case , To fall more base : Thou wallow'st where I slip ; and thou dost tumble Where I but stumble : Thou glory'st in thy slav'ries ' dirty badges , And fall'st for ...
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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