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Page 486
... Hope draws nectar in a sieve , And Hope without an object cannot live . SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 483 Stanzas Often rebuked , yet always back returning To those first feelings that were born with me , And leaving busy chase of wealth and ...
... Hope draws nectar in a sieve , And Hope without an object cannot live . SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 483 Stanzas Often rebuked , yet always back returning To those first feelings that were born with me , And leaving busy chase of wealth and ...
Page 535
Bonamy Dobrée Herbert Read. Hope , Fortune's cheating Lottery ! Where for one Prize an hundred Blanks there be ; Fond Archer , Hope , who tak'st thy Aim so far , That still or short , or wide thine Arrows are ! Thin , empty Cloud , which ...
Bonamy Dobrée Herbert Read. Hope , Fortune's cheating Lottery ! Where for one Prize an hundred Blanks there be ; Fond Archer , Hope , who tak'st thy Aim so far , That still or short , or wide thine Arrows are ! Thin , empty Cloud , which ...
Page 768
... hope has kindled hope , and lured thee to the brink . Or go to Rome , which is the sepulchre , Oh , not of him , but of our joy : ' tis nought That ages , empires , and religions there Lie buried in the ravage they have wrought ; For ...
... hope has kindled hope , and lured thee to the brink . Or go to Rome , which is the sepulchre , Oh , not of him , but of our joy : ' tis nought That ages , empires , and religions there Lie buried in the ravage they have wrought ; For ...
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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