Gems of Literature: Elegant, Rare, and SuggestiveW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 147 pages |
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... head , Obscure and unobserved ; While every bleaching breeze that on her blows Chastens her spotless purity of breast , And hardens her to bear Serene the ills of life . O RESIGNATION . ( Chatterton . ) GOD , whose. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE ...
... head , Obscure and unobserved ; While every bleaching breeze that on her blows Chastens her spotless purity of breast , And hardens her to bear Serene the ills of life . O RESIGNATION . ( Chatterton . ) GOD , whose. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE ...
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... head , When the great Persian conqueror , Cambyses , March'd armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread , O'erthrew Osiris , Orus , Apis , Isis , And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder , When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder ? If ...
... head , When the great Persian conqueror , Cambyses , March'd armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread , O'erthrew Osiris , Orus , Apis , Isis , And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder , When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder ? If ...
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... head uncover'd , the cosmetic powers . A heavenly image in the glass appears , To that she bends , to that her eyes she rears ; Th ' inferior priestess , at her altar's side , Trembling , begins the sacred rites of Pride . Unnumber'd ...
... head uncover'd , the cosmetic powers . A heavenly image in the glass appears , To that she bends , to that her eyes she rears ; Th ' inferior priestess , at her altar's side , Trembling , begins the sacred rites of Pride . Unnumber'd ...
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... head , My lullaby - the warder's tread , Far , far , from love and thee , Mary . To - morrow eve , more stilly laid , My couch may be my bloody plaid , My vesper song , thy wail , sweet maid ! I It will not waken me , Mary ! may not ...
... head , My lullaby - the warder's tread , Far , far , from love and thee , Mary . To - morrow eve , more stilly laid , My couch may be my bloody plaid , My vesper song , thy wail , sweet maid ! I It will not waken me , Mary ! may not ...
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... head . Alighting , and giving his horse to the landlord , he advanced to an old man who was at work in paving the street , and accosted him in these words : " This is hard work for such an old man as you . " So saying , he took the ...
... head . Alighting , and giving his horse to the landlord , he advanced to an old man who was at work in paving the street , and accosted him in these words : " This is hard work for such an old man as you . " So saying , he took the ...
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