The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... king before , And stay a little after five , And tell us something more . " And then my little Alice comes , And who unmoved can view The glance of that imploring eye , " Pray , teach me something too . " Yet who would think amid the ...
... king before , And stay a little after five , And tell us something more . " And then my little Alice comes , And who unmoved can view The glance of that imploring eye , " Pray , teach me something too . " Yet who would think amid the ...
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... king of the wild and the beautiful ! —hail ! Hail ! idol divine ! -whom nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill tops since the mists of the morn , Whom the pilgrim lone wandering on mountain and moor , As the vision glides by him , may ...
... king of the wild and the beautiful ! —hail ! Hail ! idol divine ! -whom nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill tops since the mists of the morn , Whom the pilgrim lone wandering on mountain and moor , As the vision glides by him , may ...
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... king ! with thee compare ; Or lift his gaudier plumes on high Before thy native majesty , When thou hast ta'en thy seat alone , Upon thy cloud - encircled throne ? Bird of the cliffs ! thy noble form Might well be thought almost divine ...
... king ! with thee compare ; Or lift his gaudier plumes on high Before thy native majesty , When thou hast ta'en thy seat alone , Upon thy cloud - encircled throne ? Bird of the cliffs ! thy noble form Might well be thought almost divine ...
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... king of day ! Before the regent of the skies - Men shrink , and veil their dazzled eyes ; But thou , in regal majesty , Hast kingly rank as well as he ; And with a steady , dauntless gaze , Thou meet'st the splendour of his blaze . Bird ...
... king of day ! Before the regent of the skies - Men shrink , and veil their dazzled eyes ; But thou , in regal majesty , Hast kingly rank as well as he ; And with a steady , dauntless gaze , Thou meet'st the splendour of his blaze . Bird ...
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... kings and nobles come from far To seek the shelter of her wings . And like thee , rider of the cloud , She mounts the heavens , serene and proud , Great in a pure and noble fame , Great in her spotless champion's name , And destined in ...
... kings and nobles come from far To seek the shelter of her wings . And like thee , rider of the cloud , She mounts the heavens , serene and proud , Great in a pure and noble fame , Great in her spotless champion's name , And destined in ...
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ALARIC art thou beauty beneath billows bird blue bosom bower breast breath bright brow calm cheek cloud cold dark dead death deep doth dream e'en earth fair fame fancy crown feel fled flowers gaze gentle gleam glory glow gone grave green grief hath hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre hope hour JOHN MOULTRIE leaves life's light lips lonely look look'd LORD BYRON lute LYRE mirth moon morning mountain murmur N. P. WILLIS ne'er NELL GWYN never night o'er pale pass'd rest rose round Sappho Scottish lassie seem'd shade shine shore sigh silent skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit stars storm stream summer sweet tears tempest thine thou art thou hast thou wert thought tree Twas Valentine's day voice waking eye wave weep wild wind wings young youth