The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... close of the eighteenth century , the only poems which were honoured with any marked share of popular favour , were of a DIDACTIC order ; and although Cowper and Burns had already made their appearance above the literary horizon , the ...
... close of the eighteenth century , the only poems which were honoured with any marked share of popular favour , were of a DIDACTIC order ; and although Cowper and Burns had already made their appearance above the literary horizon , the ...
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... Close of Autumn . By W. C. Bryant 198 Lines on a Skull 200 My Birthday . By Thomas Moore 201 Lord Byron's last Verses 203 The Convict Ship . By T. K. Hervey 204 The Ship at Sea . By John Malcolm 206 On parting with my Books . By Leigh ...
... Close of Autumn . By W. C. Bryant 198 Lines on a Skull 200 My Birthday . By Thomas Moore 201 Lord Byron's last Verses 203 The Convict Ship . By T. K. Hervey 204 The Ship at Sea . By John Malcolm 206 On parting with my Books . By Leigh ...
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... close the universe with crystal in , Are eloquent with voices , that proclaim The unseen glories of immensity , In harmonies , too perfect , and too high , For aught but beings of celestial mould , And speak to man in one eternal hymn ...
... close the universe with crystal in , Are eloquent with voices , that proclaim The unseen glories of immensity , In harmonies , too perfect , and too high , For aught but beings of celestial mould , And speak to man in one eternal hymn ...
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... close , To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose ; Stretch the tired limbs and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams , The gay romance of life ; When truth that is and truth that seems ...
... close , To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose ; Stretch the tired limbs and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams , The gay romance of life ; When truth that is and truth that seems ...
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... my brow ! Sleep on , sleep on ! -I would but gaze A moment on thy faded bloom ; Heave one wild sigh to other days , Then close thy hallow'd tomb ! August 20 , 1825 . CURTIUS . BY L. E. L. THERE is a multitude THE MAY - FLOWERS OF LIFE . 17.
... my brow ! Sleep on , sleep on ! -I would but gaze A moment on thy faded bloom ; Heave one wild sigh to other days , Then close thy hallow'd tomb ! August 20 , 1825 . CURTIUS . BY L. E. L. THERE is a multitude THE MAY - FLOWERS OF LIFE . 17.
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