A collection of poems from various authors, fo young persons1856 - 102 pages |
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... There woman's voice flows forth in song , Or childhood's tale is told , Or lips move tunefully along Some glorious page of old . A The cottage - homes of England ! By thousands on SELECT POETRY . 15 The Homes of England Mrs Hemans.
... There woman's voice flows forth in song , Or childhood's tale is told , Or lips move tunefully along Some glorious page of old . A The cottage - homes of England ! By thousands on SELECT POETRY . 15 The Homes of England Mrs Hemans.
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... tale relate , If chance , by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate , Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet ...
... tale relate , If chance , by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate , Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet ...
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... tale Under the hawthorn in the dale . Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures , Russet lawns , and fallows gray , Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on whose barren breast The lab ...
... tale Under the hawthorn in the dale . Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures , Russet lawns , and fallows gray , Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on whose barren breast The lab ...
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... tales , to bed they creep , By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep . Towered cities please us then , And the busy hum of men ; Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold ; With store of ladies , whose ...
... tales , to bed they creep , By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep . Towered cities please us then , And the busy hum of men ; Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold ; With store of ladies , whose ...
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... tale of Troy divine , Or what ( though rare ) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage . But , O sad Virgin , that thy power Might raise Musæus from his bower , Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as , warbled to the string ...
... tale of Troy divine , Or what ( though rare ) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage . But , O sad Virgin , that thy power Might raise Musæus from his bower , Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as , warbled to the string ...
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ANON beautiful beneath biped bird breast breath bright Butterfly Cassowary cell charms Chough Cimmerian clouds coral strand COWPER cried dancing dark death delight door doth dwell earth Edmonton Ev'n Excelsior eyes fair fame FAVERSHAM flew flowers gleam glow grave Guillemot haste hath head hear heard heart heave heaven horse hour Il Penseroso John Gilpin L'Allegro light live look'd loud maid melancholy Milton mirth morn mournfully musing native ne'er nest never night numbers Nymph o'er passion peace Pelops pensive pity Pixies pleasure poems Ptarmigan rebecs rest Rose round Seven Sisters shade shine sing skies smiling Snail soft solitude of Binnorie song soon sorrow soul sound spirit star stormy winds story stream Superior Planets sweet tale Thebes thee thou Twas unseen vale voice wave wild winds do blow wings WORDSWORTH young youth ΑΝΟΝ