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Page 14761
... sing , though joy was at its height , For she stood silent by . I watched the lovely evening fade away ; A mist was lightly drawn across the stars : She broke my quiet dream , —I heard her say , " Behold your prison bars ! " Earth's ...
... sing , though joy was at its height , For she stood silent by . I watched the lovely evening fade away ; A mist was lightly drawn across the stars : She broke my quiet dream , —I heard her say , " Behold your prison bars ! " Earth's ...
Page 14764
... singing . " Wilt thou dare , " He asked her , " brave the loneliness with me ? " " What loneliness , " she said , " if thou art there ? " Afar and cold on the horizon's rim Loomed the tall light - house , like a ghostly sign ; They ...
... singing . " Wilt thou dare , " He asked her , " brave the loneliness with me ? " " What loneliness , " she said , " if thou art there ? " Afar and cold on the horizon's rim Loomed the tall light - house , like a ghostly sign ; They ...
Page 14766
... sing , unmindful of his dust ; Softly in turn the long green grass shall wave Over his fallen head . In turn he must Submit to be forgotten , like the rest , Though high the heart that beat within his breast . The rose falls , and the ...
... sing , unmindful of his dust ; Softly in turn the long green grass shall wave Over his fallen head . In turn he must Submit to be forgotten , like the rest , Though high the heart that beat within his breast . The rose falls , and the ...
Page 14771
... sing to you still sweeter , " are the last words of Thyrsis : so Greek poetry might have said when yet in its youth ; but the goatherd bids him sing , with the melancholy encouragement , " since thou wilt not keep a song where the Dark ...
... sing to you still sweeter , " are the last words of Thyrsis : so Greek poetry might have said when yet in its youth ; but the goatherd bids him sing , with the melancholy encouragement , " since thou wilt not keep a song where the Dark ...
Page 14778
... sing ye with me the slender B ^ maiden ; for whatsoever ye do but touch , ye goddesses , ye make wholly fair . They all call thee a gipsy , gracious Bombyca , and lean , and sunburnt ; ' tis only I that call thee honey - pale . Yea ...
... sing ye with me the slender B ^ maiden ; for whatsoever ye do but touch , ye goddesses , ye make wholly fair . They all call thee a gipsy , gracious Bombyca , and lean , and sunburnt ; ' tis only I that call thee honey - pale . Yea ...
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