The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... became at once the order of the day . Such indeed was the brilliancy which attended the rising of this new lumi- nary , that the light of numerous contempo- rary stars was entirely obscured by its bright- ness . iv PREFACE .
... became at once the order of the day . Such indeed was the brilliancy which attended the rising of this new lumi- nary , that the light of numerous contempo- rary stars was entirely obscured by its bright- ness . iv PREFACE .
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... light and airy breath Steal from a being doom'd to death ; Those features to the grave be sent In sleep thus mutely eloquent ; Or , art thou , what thy form would seem , The phantom of a blessed dream ? A human shape I feel thou art , I ...
... light and airy breath Steal from a being doom'd to death ; Those features to the grave be sent In sleep thus mutely eloquent ; Or , art thou , what thy form would seem , The phantom of a blessed dream ? A human shape I feel thou art , I ...
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... light . Night is the time to pray ; Our Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away , So will his followers do ; Steal from the throng to haunts untrod , And hold communion there with God . Night is the time for death ; When all ...
... light . Night is the time to pray ; Our Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away , So will his followers do ; Steal from the throng to haunts untrod , And hold communion there with God . Night is the time for death ; When all ...
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... light , and thy step so firm and free ; For all thine artless elegance , and all thy native grace , For the music of thy mirthful voice , and the sunshine of thy face ; For thy guileless look and speech sincere , yet sweet as speech can ...
... light , and thy step so firm and free ; For all thine artless elegance , and all thy native grace , For the music of thy mirthful voice , and the sunshine of thy face ; For thy guileless look and speech sincere , yet sweet as speech can ...
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... light , and thy step so firm and free ; Though thou , with cold and careless looks , wilt often pass me by , Unconscious of my swelling heart , and of my wistful eye ; Though thou wilt wed some Highland love , nor waste one thought on ...
... light , and thy step so firm and free ; Though thou , with cold and careless looks , wilt often pass me by , Unconscious of my swelling heart , and of my wistful eye ; Though thou wilt wed some Highland love , nor waste one thought on ...
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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