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... hours ? and lover's absent hours , More tedious than the dial eight score times ? O weary reckoning ! It so falls out , That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it ; but , being lacked and lost , Why then we rack ...
... hours ? and lover's absent hours , More tedious than the dial eight score times ? O weary reckoning ! It so falls out , That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it ; but , being lacked and lost , Why then we rack ...
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... hour that tears my soul from thee . Wives in their husband's absences grow subtler , And daughters sometimes run off with the butler . Byron , Bride of Ab . Byron , Don Juan , III . 22 . O tell him I have sat these three long hours ...
... hour that tears my soul from thee . Wives in their husband's absences grow subtler , And daughters sometimes run off with the butler . Byron , Bride of Ab . Byron , Don Juan , III . 22 . O tell him I have sat these three long hours ...
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... hour , and what arise When lovers part - expressive looks , and eyes Tender and tearful - many a fond adieu , And many a call the sorrow to renew . Adieu , adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The night - winds sigh ...
... hour , and what arise When lovers part - expressive looks , and eyes Tender and tearful - many a fond adieu , And many a call the sorrow to renew . Adieu , adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The night - winds sigh ...
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... hour that tears my soul from thee . Each was the other's mirror , and but read Joy sparkling in their dark eyes , like a gem ; And knew each brightness was but the reflection Of their unchanging glances of affection . AFFLICTION - see ...
... hour that tears my soul from thee . Each was the other's mirror , and but read Joy sparkling in their dark eyes , like a gem ; And knew each brightness was but the reflection Of their unchanging glances of affection . AFFLICTION - see ...
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... hour ! Broome . Young , N. T. IV . What folly can be ranker ? Like our shadows , Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines . We see time's furrows on another's brow , How few themselves in that just mirror , see ! O , sir ! I must not ...
... hour ! Broome . Young , N. T. IV . What folly can be ranker ? Like our shadows , Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines . We see time's furrows on another's brow , How few themselves in that just mirror , see ! O , sir ! I must not ...
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