The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... speak to man in one eternal hymn Unfading beauty , and unyielding power . The year leads round the seasons , in a choir For ever charming , and for ever new ; Blending the grand , the beautiful , the gay , The mournful , and the tender ...
... speak to man in one eternal hymn Unfading beauty , and unyielding power . The year leads round the seasons , in a choir For ever charming , and for ever new ; Blending the grand , the beautiful , the gay , The mournful , and the tender ...
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... speak , And feel all natural griefs beguiled By thee , their fond , their duteous child . What joy must in their souls have stirr'd When thy first broken words were heard , Words , that , inspired by Heaven , express'd The transports ...
... speak , And feel all natural griefs beguiled By thee , their fond , their duteous child . What joy must in their souls have stirr'd When thy first broken words were heard , Words , that , inspired by Heaven , express'd The transports ...
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... speaking pantomime Tells her his soul- How wild in that sunny clime Hearts and eyes roll . She waves with her white hand Her white fazzolet , And her burning thoughts flash From her eye's living jet . The moonlight is hid In a vapour of ...
... speaking pantomime Tells her his soul- How wild in that sunny clime Hearts and eyes roll . She waves with her white hand Her white fazzolet , And her burning thoughts flash From her eye's living jet . The moonlight is hid In a vapour of ...
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... speak by proxy . Your chronicles no more exist , For Knox , the revolutionist , Destroy'd the work of every fist That scrawl'd black letter ; Well ! I'm a craniologist , And may do better . This skull - cap wore the cowl from sloth , Or ...
... speak by proxy . Your chronicles no more exist , For Knox , the revolutionist , Destroy'd the work of every fist That scrawl'd black letter ; Well ! I'm a craniologist , And may do better . This skull - cap wore the cowl from sloth , Or ...
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... speaking sadness in her air , A tinge of languor o'er her features fair , Born of no common grief ; as though despair Had wrestled with her spirit - been o'erthrown , — And these the trophies of the strife alone . A resignation of the ...
... speaking sadness in her air , A tinge of languor o'er her features fair , Born of no common grief ; as though despair Had wrestled with her spirit - been o'erthrown , — And these the trophies of the strife alone . A resignation of the ...
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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