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When my passion seeks Pleasance in love - sighs She , looking thro ' and thro '
me Thoroughly to undo me , Smiling , never speaks : So innocent - arch , so
cunning - simple , From beneath her gather ' d wimple Glancing with black -
beaded ...
When my passion seeks Pleasance in love - sighs She , looking thro ' and thro '
me Thoroughly to undo me , Smiling , never speaks : So innocent - arch , so
cunning - simple , From beneath her gather ' d wimple Glancing with black -
beaded ...
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And sweet shall your welcome be : O hither , come hither , and be our lords , For
merry brides are we : We will kiss sweet kisses , and speak sweet words : O listen
, listen , your eyes shall glisten With pleasure and love and jubilee : O listen ...
And sweet shall your welcome be : O hither , come hither , and be our lords , For
merry brides are we : We will kiss sweet kisses , and speak sweet words : O listen
, listen , your eyes shall glisten With pleasure and love and jubilee : O listen ...
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They should have stabb ' d me where I lay , OrianaThey should have trod me into
clay , Oriana . O breaking heart that will not break , Oriana ! O pale , pale face so
sweet and meek , Oriana ! Thou smilest , but thou dost not speak , And then the ...
They should have stabb ' d me where I lay , OrianaThey should have trod me into
clay , Oriana . O breaking heart that will not break , Oriana ! O pale , pale face so
sweet and meek , Oriana ! Thou smilest , but thou dost not speak , And then the ...
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But when at last I dared to speak , The lanes , you kuow , were white with may ,
Your ripe lips moved not , but your cheek Flush ' d like the coming of the day ;
And so it was — half - sly , half - shy , You would , and would not , little one !
Although ...
But when at last I dared to speak , The lanes , you kuow , were white with may ,
Your ripe lips moved not , but your cheek Flush ' d like the coming of the day ;
And so it was — half - sly , half - shy , You would , and would not , little one !
Although ...
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Hear me | Earth , hear me 0 Hills , O Caves That house the cold crown ' d snake !
O mountain brooks , I am the daughter of a River - God , Hear me , for I will speak
, and build up all My sorrow with my song , as yonder walls Rose slowly to a ...
Hear me | Earth , hear me 0 Hills , O Caves That house the cold crown ' d snake !
O mountain brooks , I am the daughter of a River - God , Hear me , for I will speak
, and build up all My sorrow with my song , as yonder walls Rose slowly to a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems |
| Author | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson |
| Publisher | C. Kegan Paul, 1878 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 379 pages |
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