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Page 16
... Lone whispering through the bush ! The primrose to the grave is gone ; The hawthorn - flower is dead ; The violet by the moss'd grey stone Hath laid her weary head . THE ARMADA . But thou , wild bramble ! back 16 The Bramble-Flower.
... Lone whispering through the bush ! The primrose to the grave is gone ; The hawthorn - flower is dead ; The violet by the moss'd grey stone Hath laid her weary head . THE ARMADA . But thou , wild bramble ! back 16 The Bramble-Flower.
Page 32
... grave ! " Let there be Long , long in darkness did she sit , And her first words were , In Bolton , on the field of Wharf , A stately priory . " The stately priory was reared ; And Wharf , as he moved along , To matins joined a mournful ...
... grave ! " Let there be Long , long in darkness did she sit , And her first words were , In Bolton , on the field of Wharf , A stately priory . " The stately priory was reared ; And Wharf , as he moved along , To matins joined a mournful ...
Page 42
... grave where our hero we buried . We buried him darkly at dead of night , The sod with our bayonets turning , By the struggling moonbeam's misty light , And our lantern dimly burning . No useless coffin confined his breast , Not in sheet ...
... grave where our hero we buried . We buried him darkly at dead of night , The sod with our bayonets turning , By the struggling moonbeam's misty light , And our lantern dimly burning . No useless coffin confined his breast , Not in sheet ...
Page 43
... grave where a Briton has laid him . But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy suddenly firing . Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the ...
... grave where a Briton has laid him . But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy suddenly firing . Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the ...
Page 46
... grave . And see the rivers , how they run Through woods and meads , in shade and sun ! Sometimes swift , sometimes slow , Wave succeeding wave , they go A various journey to the deep- Like human life to endless sleep ! Thus is Nature's ...
... grave . And see the rivers , how they run Through woods and meads , in shade and sun ! Sometimes swift , sometimes slow , Wave succeeding wave , they go A various journey to the deep- Like human life to endless sleep ! Thus is Nature's ...
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beauty behold beneath bowers breast breath bright Caledonia CASABIANCA charms cheerful clouds cried Cumnor Hall dark dead death deep doth dreadful E'en earth eyes fair falchion Father William fear fire flowers Gelert gentle glory grave green hath hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre HENRY VAUGHAN hill HOHENLINDEN holy hope HYMN King Henry land light LLEWELLYN look look'd Lord lowly Lycidas Mayenne morn mourn murmur Navarre never night o'er pass'd peace pomp porringer praise pray proud rise round S. T. COLERIDGE shade sight silent sing SIR JOHN MOORE Skiddaw skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound sound of music spirit star stream swain sweet tears tears of thoughtful thee thine things thou art thou hast thought voice wand'ring wave weep wild wind woods young youth