The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... skies ? I know not ! -only this I know , that not by me on earth , May the deep joy of song be found , untroubled in its birth ; It must be for a brighter life , for some immortal sphere , Wherein its flow shall have no taste of the ...
... skies ? I know not ! -only this I know , that not by me on earth , May the deep joy of song be found , untroubled in its birth ; It must be for a brighter life , for some immortal sphere , Wherein its flow shall have no taste of the ...
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... skies so blue , or so serene As then ; -no leaves look half so green As clothed the play ground tree ! All things I loved are alter'd so , Nor does it ease my heart to know That change resides in me ! Oh , for the garb that mark'd the ...
... skies so blue , or so serene As then ; -no leaves look half so green As clothed the play ground tree ! All things I loved are alter'd so , Nor does it ease my heart to know That change resides in me ! Oh , for the garb that mark'd the ...
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... skies When their blue depths are cloudless , a little lake lies , Where the creature at rest can his image behold , Looking up through the radiance , as bright and as bold . Yes : fierce looks thy nature , e'en hush'd in repose— In the ...
... skies When their blue depths are cloudless , a little lake lies , Where the creature at rest can his image behold , Looking up through the radiance , as bright and as bold . Yes : fierce looks thy nature , e'en hush'd in repose— In the ...
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... skies , Around thy nest , in tempests speak . What ranger of the winds can dare , Proud mountain king ! with thee compare ; Or lift his gaudier plumes on high Before thy native majesty , When thou hast ta'en thy seat alone , Upon thy ...
... skies , Around thy nest , in tempests speak . What ranger of the winds can dare , Proud mountain king ! with thee compare ; Or lift his gaudier plumes on high Before thy native majesty , When thou hast ta'en thy seat alone , Upon thy ...
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... skies their wrath begin , And loudest lullabies are sung By the fierce spirit of the blast , When , his snow mantle o'er him cast , He sweeps across the mountain top , With a dark fury nought can stop , And wings his wild unearthly way ...
... skies their wrath begin , And loudest lullabies are sung By the fierce spirit of the blast , When , his snow mantle o'er him cast , He sweeps across the mountain top , With a dark fury nought can stop , And wings his wild unearthly way ...
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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