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Page 19
... pale , With lips as parch'd and eyes as wild , yet I Sit patient with an enviable smile On my wan cheeks , for then ... flowers should bloom on such a stock ! ) The curse of Israel ? even his common name Simon the assassin ! of the ...
... pale , With lips as parch'd and eyes as wild , yet I Sit patient with an enviable smile On my wan cheeks , for then ... flowers should bloom on such a stock ! ) The curse of Israel ? even his common name Simon the assassin ! of the ...
Page 51
... pale tomb , Her vanish'd hopes and aye departed days . ANNA SEWARD . SUMMER . Now on hills , rocks , and streams and ... FLOWERS . How happily , how happily the flowers die away Oh , could we but return to earth as easily as they ! Just ...
... pale tomb , Her vanish'd hopes and aye departed days . ANNA SEWARD . SUMMER . Now on hills , rocks , and streams and ... FLOWERS . How happily , how happily the flowers die away Oh , could we but return to earth as easily as they ! Just ...
Page 84
... Pale flowers ! pale perishing flowers ! Ye're types of precious things ; Types of those bitter moments , That flit , like life's enjoyments , On rapid , rapid wings . Last hours with parting dear ones , ( That time the fastest spends ) ...
... Pale flowers ! pale perishing flowers ! Ye're types of precious things ; Types of those bitter moments , That flit , like life's enjoyments , On rapid , rapid wings . Last hours with parting dear ones , ( That time the fastest spends ) ...
Page 85
... Pale flowers ! ye're types of those ; The saddest ! sweetest ! dearest ! Because , like those , the nearest To an eternal close . Pale flowers ! pale perishing flowers ! I woo your gentle breath- I leave the summer rose For younger ...
... Pale flowers ! ye're types of those ; The saddest ! sweetest ! dearest ! Because , like those , the nearest To an eternal close . Pale flowers ! pale perishing flowers ! I woo your gentle breath- I leave the summer rose For younger ...
Page 145
... flowers round my footsteps wreathe . Spare me , great God ! lift up my drooping brow- I am content to die - but , oh ... Pale sickness dims my eye and clouds my brow- I am content to die ! -but oh ! not now ! ' Summer is gone and ...
... flowers round my footsteps wreathe . Spare me , great God ! lift up my drooping brow- I am content to die - but , oh ... Pale sickness dims my eye and clouds my brow- I am content to die ! -but oh ! not now ! ' Summer is gone and ...
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ANNA SEWARD ANON art thou beams beauty beneath birds bless bloom blossoms blue Bluebottle bower breast breath breeze bright brow buds calm charm cheek child clouds dark dear death deep delight dream earth eternal fair father flowers friends gaze gentle gleams glory glow golden grace Granada grave grief happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hope hour J. G. LOCKHART Lady light lips lonely lonely grove look look'd lovelier maid MARY HOWITT Moorish morn mother mountains murmuring Naiad Nature's ne'er neath night o'er pale Pale flowers pass'd peace rill rose round shade shed shine sigh sight silent sing sister skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring star summer sunny sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought throne tree Twas vale voice waves weep wild wind wing young youth