The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... Heaven . ' Tis not the chime and flow of words , that move In measured file , and metrical array ; " Tis not the union of returning sounds , Nor all the pleasing artifice of rhyme , And quantity , and accent , that can give This all ...
... Heaven . ' Tis not the chime and flow of words , that move In measured file , and metrical array ; " Tis not the union of returning sounds , Nor all the pleasing artifice of rhyme , And quantity , and accent , that can give This all ...
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... Heaven , express'd The transports dancing in thy breast ! And for thy smile ! -thy lip , cheek , brow , Even while I gaze , are kindling now . I called thee duteous ; am I wrong ? No ! truth , I feel , is in my song : Duteous thy ...
... Heaven , express'd The transports dancing in thy breast ! And for thy smile ! -thy lip , cheek , brow , Even while I gaze , are kindling now . I called thee duteous ; am I wrong ? No ! truth , I feel , is in my song : Duteous thy ...
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... Heaven , and Heaven's God adoring ! And who can tell what visions high . May bless an infant's sleeping eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind , Ere sin destroy , or error dim , The glory of the ...
... Heaven , and Heaven's God adoring ! And who can tell what visions high . May bless an infant's sleeping eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind , Ere sin destroy , or error dim , The glory of the ...
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... When all around is peace , Calmly to yield the weary breath From sin and suffering cease ; Think of Heaven's bliss , and give the sign , To parting friends : -such death be mine ! THE VOICE OF MIDNIGHT . WHEN night sits on the 8 NIGHT .
... When all around is peace , Calmly to yield the weary breath From sin and suffering cease ; Think of Heaven's bliss , and give the sign , To parting friends : -such death be mine ! THE VOICE OF MIDNIGHT . WHEN night sits on the 8 NIGHT .
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... heaven ; I shall hear thy sweet and touching voice , in every wind that grieves , As it whirls from the abandon'd oak , its wither'd autumn leaves ; In the gloom of the wild forest , in the stillness of the sea , I shall think , my ...
... heaven ; I shall hear thy sweet and touching voice , in every wind that grieves , As it whirls from the abandon'd oak , its wither'd autumn leaves ; In the gloom of the wild forest , in the stillness of the sea , I shall think , my ...
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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