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... wave did row , And catching fish , were by a Fisher caught ; ( Ah blessed chance ! much better was the trade , That ... waves allay : So on thy shore the fisher - boys shall sing Sweet songs of peace to our sweet peace's King . PHINEAS ...
... wave did row , And catching fish , were by a Fisher caught ; ( Ah blessed chance ! much better was the trade , That ... waves allay : So on thy shore the fisher - boys shall sing Sweet songs of peace to our sweet peace's King . PHINEAS ...
Page 225
... waves beside them danced ; but they Out - did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay , In such a jocund company : I gazed - and gazed - but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought : For oft , when on my ...
... waves beside them danced ; but they Out - did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay , In such a jocund company : I gazed - and gazed - but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought : For oft , when on my ...
Page 429
... waves whitened , And or ever the garden's last petals were shed , In the lips that had whispered , the eyes that had lightened , Love was dead . Or they loved their life through , and then went whither ? And were one to the end - but ...
... waves whitened , And or ever the garden's last petals were shed , In the lips that had whispered , the eyes that had lightened , Love was dead . Or they loved their life through , and then went whither ? And were one to the end - but ...
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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