Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Southey to Croly: with Biographical and Critical Notices, Volume 1 |
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... breath Bids ruin smile , and drowns the groan of death ! " Tis mine , retired beneath this cavern hoar , That stands all lonely on the sea - beat shore , Far other themes of deep distress to sing Than ever trembled from the vocal string ...
... breath Bids ruin smile , and drowns the groan of death ! " Tis mine , retired beneath this cavern hoar , That stands all lonely on the sea - beat shore , Far other themes of deep distress to sing Than ever trembled from the vocal string ...
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... breath dissolves the gloom of mental night , And o'er th ' obscured idea pours the light ! Whose wing unerring glides through time and place , And trackless scours th ' immensity of space ! Say ! on what seas , for thou alone canst tell ...
... breath dissolves the gloom of mental night , And o'er th ' obscured idea pours the light ! Whose wing unerring glides through time and place , And trackless scours th ' immensity of space ! Say ! on what seas , for thou alone canst tell ...
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... breath They cry for aid , and long contend with Death . High o'er their heads the rolling billows sweep , And down they sink in everlasting sleep . Bereft of power to help , their comrades see The wretched victims die beneath the lee ...
... breath They cry for aid , and long contend with Death . High o'er their heads the rolling billows sweep , And down they sink in everlasting sleep . Bereft of power to help , their comrades see The wretched victims die beneath the lee ...
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... breathing rites abhorr'd : Trembling approach'd their incantations fell , And , chill'd with horror , heard the songs ... breath , In dark dismay anticipating death . Still all our powers th ' increasing leaks defy : We sink at sea , no ...
... breathing rites abhorr'd : Trembling approach'd their incantations fell , And , chill'd with horror , heard the songs ... breath , In dark dismay anticipating death . Still all our powers th ' increasing leaks defy : We sink at sea , no ...
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... breath , From neighbouring shores to scourge disease and deach ! ' Tis ours on thine unerring laws to trust : With thee , great Lord ! Whatever is , is just . ' " He said ; and with consenting reverence fraught The sailors join'd his ...
... breath , From neighbouring shores to scourge disease and deach ! ' Tis ours on thine unerring laws to trust : With thee , great Lord ! Whatever is , is just . ' " He said ; and with consenting reverence fraught The sailors join'd his ...
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