PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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... Heaven it came ! ' And when recalled to join the blest above , ' Thou diedst a victim to exceeding love , ' Nursing the young to health . ' The child here spoken of was my youngest brother Daniel , the Geologist , whom we lost in 1856 ...
... Heaven it came ! ' And when recalled to join the blest above , ' Thou diedst a victim to exceeding love , ' Nursing the young to health . ' The child here spoken of was my youngest brother Daniel , the Geologist , whom we lost in 1856 ...
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... heaven conveyed . The mouldering gateway strews the grass - grown court , Once the calm scene of many a simple sport ; When all things pleased , for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the ...
... heaven conveyed . The mouldering gateway strews the grass - grown court , Once the calm scene of many a simple sport ; When all things pleased , for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the ...
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... heaven to hear , When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand , its simple chime , Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings wrought , Whence the caged linnet soothed ...
... heaven to hear , When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand , its simple chime , Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings wrought , Whence the caged linnet soothed ...
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... Heaven assigns below To sooth and sweeten all the cares we know ; Whose glad suggestions still each vain alarm , When nature fades and life forgets to charm ; Thee would the Muse invoke ! -to thee belong The sage's precept and the ...
... Heaven assigns below To sooth and sweeten all the cares we know ; Whose glad suggestions still each vain alarm , When nature fades and life forgets to charm ; Thee would the Muse invoke ! -to thee belong The sage's precept and the ...
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... heaven , the drenching dews of earth , The wanton insults of unfeeling mirth , These , when to guard Misfortune's sacred grave , Will firm Fidelity exult to brave . Led by what chart , transports the timid dove The wreaths of conquest ...
... heaven , the drenching dews of earth , The wanton insults of unfeeling mirth , These , when to guard Misfortune's sacred grave , Will firm Fidelity exult to brave . Led by what chart , transports the timid dove The wreaths of conquest ...
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