The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... vaulted roof , And pointed arches , and retiring aisles Of some old , lonely minster , where the hand Skilful , and moved , with passionate love of art , B Plays o'er the higher keys , and bears aloft The POETRY By J G Percival.
... vaulted roof , And pointed arches , and retiring aisles Of some old , lonely minster , where the hand Skilful , and moved , with passionate love of art , B Plays o'er the higher keys , and bears aloft The POETRY By J G Percival.
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... bears aloft The peal of bursting thunder , and then calls By mellow touches , from the softer tubes , Voices of melting tenderness , that blend With pure and gentle musings , till the soul , Commingling with the melody , is borne , Rapt ...
... bears aloft The peal of bursting thunder , and then calls By mellow touches , from the softer tubes , Voices of melting tenderness , that blend With pure and gentle musings , till the soul , Commingling with the melody , is borne , Rapt ...
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... Bear it smoothly along In time to the air Of the Gondolier's song . And high on the stern Stands the young and the brave , As love - led he crosses The star - spangled wave , And blends with the murmur Of water and grove The tones of ...
... Bear it smoothly along In time to the air Of the Gondolier's song . And high on the stern Stands the young and the brave , As love - led he crosses The star - spangled wave , And blends with the murmur Of water and grove The tones of ...
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... bears just the shape Of carnal passion ; Ah ! he was one for theft and rape , In monkish fashion . This was the porter ! he could sing , Or dance , or play , -do any thing , And what the friars bade him bring They ne'er were balk'd of ...
... bears just the shape Of carnal passion ; Ah ! he was one for theft and rape , In monkish fashion . This was the porter ! he could sing , Or dance , or play , -do any thing , And what the friars bade him bring They ne'er were balk'd of ...
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... bear Without a sigh - almost without a tear , Save such as hearts internally will weep , And they ne'er rise the burning lids to steep ; But to those petty wrongs which half defy Human forbearance , she can make reply With a proud lip ...
... bear Without a sigh - almost without a tear , Save such as hearts internally will weep , And they ne'er rise the burning lids to steep ; But to those petty wrongs which half defy Human forbearance , she can make reply With a proud lip ...
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