The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... gaze at beauty's melting eye . I never crush'd Assyria's sons To build Colossal temples high ; I bade the sire his little ones Watch with a parent's eye . Throughout the land no vassal strives With a hard lord , nor wears his gyves . I ...
... gaze at beauty's melting eye . I never crush'd Assyria's sons To build Colossal temples high ; I bade the sire his little ones Watch with a parent's eye . Throughout the land no vassal strives With a hard lord , nor wears his gyves . I ...
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... gaze , are kindling now . I called thee duteous ; am I wrong ? No ! truth , I feel , is in my song : Duteous thy heart's still beatings move To God , to Nature , and to Love ! To God ! -for thou a harmless child Hast kept his temple ...
... gaze , are kindling now . I called thee duteous ; am I wrong ? No ! truth , I feel , is in my song : Duteous thy heart's still beatings move To God , to Nature , and to Love ! To God ! -for thou a harmless child Hast kept his temple ...
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... gazing on thy form , As it flashes through the baser crowd , like lightning through a storm ; And I , perhaps , shall touch thy hand , and share thy looks of glee , And for once , my Scottish lassie ! dance a giddy dance with thee ...
... gazing on thy form , As it flashes through the baser crowd , like lightning through a storm ; And I , perhaps , shall touch thy hand , and share thy looks of glee , And for once , my Scottish lassie ! dance a giddy dance with thee ...
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... 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.
... 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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... gaze , But dare not follow . He one moment paused , And cast a farewell look on all around . How beautiful must be the sky above , And fair the earth beneath , to him who gives A lingering look , and knows it is his last ! - Then onward ...
... gaze , But dare not follow . He one moment paused , And cast a farewell look on all around . How beautiful must be the sky above , And fair the earth beneath , to him who gives A lingering look , and knows it is his last ! - Then onward ...
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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