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Page 8
... star ; I have watch'd it long , and it seems so far , And yet so near ; oh , tell to me How this wonderful thing may be ! " " Thy question seems simple , my darling child " ( Then answered the lady with voice so mild ) ; ' Yet , dear ...
... star ; I have watch'd it long , and it seems so far , And yet so near ; oh , tell to me How this wonderful thing may be ! " " Thy question seems simple , my darling child " ( Then answered the lady with voice so mild ) ; ' Yet , dear ...
Page 9
... star above . Though she may be numbered with the dead , Whose hand now rests on thy shining head , Her spirit shall look from the land afar , And yet seem near thee like that bright star . " H. B. ODE TO THE CUCKOO . HAIL , beauteous ...
... star above . Though she may be numbered with the dead , Whose hand now rests on thy shining head , Her spirit shall look from the land afar , And yet seem near thee like that bright star . " H. B. ODE TO THE CUCKOO . HAIL , beauteous ...
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... star came forth on Ely's stately fane , And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless plain ; Till Belvoir's lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln sent , And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent ; 22 ...
... star came forth on Ely's stately fane , And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless plain ; Till Belvoir's lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln sent , And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent ; 22 ...
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... star that heaven doth shew , And every herb that sips the dew Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain : These pleasures , Melancholy , give , And I with thee will choose to live . ; MILTON . 27 THE DESERTED ...
... star that heaven doth shew , And every herb that sips the dew Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain : These pleasures , Melancholy , give , And I with thee will choose to live . ; MILTON . 27 THE DESERTED ...
Page 56
... earthly clarion spread , -- How will it be when kingdoms hear The blast that wakes the dead ! THE LIFE OF MAN . LIKE to the falling of a star , Or as the flight of eagles are , MRS . HEMANS . THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES . Or like the fresh.
... earthly clarion spread , -- How will it be when kingdoms hear The blast that wakes the dead ! THE LIFE OF MAN . LIKE to the falling of a star , Or as the flight of eagles are , MRS . HEMANS . THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES . Or like the fresh.
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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