Home Affections: Pourtrayed by the Poets; Illustrated with ... Engravings Drawn by Eminent Artists & Engraved by the Brothers DalzielCharles Mackay Routledge, 1866 - 388 pages |
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... trees , Or kites are hov'ring near , I fear lest thee alone they seize , And know no other fear . ' Tis then I feel myself a wife , And press thy wedded side ; Resolved an union form'd for life Death never shall divide . But oh ! if ...
... trees , Or kites are hov'ring near , I fear lest thee alone they seize , And know no other fear . ' Tis then I feel myself a wife , And press thy wedded side ; Resolved an union form'd for life Death never shall divide . But oh ! if ...
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... tree of affection Bendeth its every leaf to look on those dear eyes : Its every gushing petal basketh in their light ; And all its gladness , all its life , is hanging on their love . If the love of the heart is blighted , it buddeth ...
... tree of affection Bendeth its every leaf to look on those dear eyes : Its every gushing petal basketh in their light ; And all its gladness , all its life , is hanging on their love . If the love of the heart is blighted , it buddeth ...
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... trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion flies O'er the world's wilderness , and vainly pants For some celestial fruit forbidden to our wants . Oh , Love ! no habitant of earth thou artAn ...
... trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion flies O'er the world's wilderness , and vainly pants For some celestial fruit forbidden to our wants . Oh , Love ! no habitant of earth thou artAn ...
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... tree , That all the spring has been my pleasant care , Just putting forth its leaves so green and fair , I give to thee . “ And when its roses bloom , I shall be gone away — my short life done ! But will you not bestow a single one Upon ...
... tree , That all the spring has been my pleasant care , Just putting forth its leaves so green and fair , I give to thee . “ And when its roses bloom , I shall be gone away — my short life done ! But will you not bestow a single one Upon ...
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... trees . We pause and look aroundWhere may the lone church - tower be found , That speaks our tongue so well ? The dim peal in the torrent seems to dwell , It greets us from afar in Ocean's measured swell . Perhaps we sit at home , and ...
... trees . We pause and look aroundWhere may the lone church - tower be found , That speaks our tongue so well ? The dim peal in the torrent seems to dwell , It greets us from afar in Ocean's measured swell . Perhaps we sit at home , and ...
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Common terms and phrases
angels beauty beneath bird bless bloom bosom bower boys Braes of Yarrow breast breath bride bright brow Busk ye Canst thou forget cheek child dark DAVID BOOTH dead dear death doth dream Dunmow earth Ebenezer Elliott eyes face fair farewell flowers fond frae gentle Gerald Massey grave grief hand happy hast hath hear heaven HERO AND LEANDER hope hour J. C. Mangan kiss lassie light lips lonely look love thee Love's maun morning mother mournful ne'er never night o'er Oriana rose round S.T. Coleridge Samuel Lover seem'd shine sigh sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul spirit stars sweet tears Teviotdale There's thine Thomas Hood Thomas Pringle thou art thou wert thought tree Twas VIRGINIA DARE voice watch'd waves weary weep wife wild winds wings yon lane glen youth