The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... vision there . To me thy parents are unknown ; Glad would they be their child to own ! And well they must have loved before , If since thy birth they loved not more . Thou art a branch of noble stem , And , seeing thee , I figure them ...
... vision there . To me thy parents are unknown ; Glad would they be their child to own ! And well they must have loved before , If since thy birth they loved not more . Thou art a branch of noble stem , And , seeing thee , I figure them ...
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... 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 Seraphim ? NIGHT . BY JAMES MONTGOMERY . NIGHT is the ...
... 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 Seraphim ? NIGHT . BY JAMES MONTGOMERY . NIGHT is the ...
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... as a spell To bring the sainted past before me ; And long - lost visions loved too well , In all their truth restore me . Cold is her hand who placed thee here , Thou 16 BETTER MOMENTS . The May-flowers of Life By Alaric A Watts •
... as a spell To bring the sainted past before me ; And long - lost visions loved too well , In all their truth restore me . Cold is her hand who placed thee here , Thou 16 BETTER MOMENTS . The May-flowers of Life By Alaric A Watts •
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... visions then that sleep by day Thy magic wand hath made mine own , As brilliant as the clouds that play Around the sun's descending throne ; And I have striven in many a song To pay my homage at thy shrine ; - A worthless offering for a ...
... visions then that sleep by day Thy magic wand hath made mine own , As brilliant as the clouds that play Around the sun's descending throne ; And I have striven in many a song To pay my homage at thy shrine ; - A worthless offering for a ...
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... visions that disturb The fountain of her thoughts , she knows to curb Each outward sign of sorrow , and suppress- Even to a sigh - all tokens of distress . Yet some , perhaps , with keener vision than The crowd , that pass her by ...
... visions that disturb The fountain of her thoughts , she knows to curb Each outward sign of sorrow , and suppress- Even to a sigh - all tokens of distress . Yet some , perhaps , with keener vision than The crowd , that pass her by ...
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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