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... breath'd ; and beds of pleasant green , Where never yet was creeping creature seen ; Meantime unnumber'd glittering streamlets play'd , And hurled every where their waters sheen ; That , as they bicker'd through the sunny glade , Though ...
... breath'd ; and beds of pleasant green , Where never yet was creeping creature seen ; Meantime unnumber'd glittering streamlets play'd , And hurled every where their waters sheen ; That , as they bicker'd through the sunny glade , Though ...
Page 27
... hung The accents of the mountain tongue , - Those silver sounds , so soft , so clear , The list'ner held his breath to hear . A chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid ; Her satin snood BOOK OF POETRY . 27 The Lady of the Lake.
... hung The accents of the mountain tongue , - Those silver sounds , so soft , so clear , The list'ner held his breath to hear . A chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid ; Her satin snood BOOK OF POETRY . 27 The Lady of the Lake.
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... breath of its far , native vales , Vine - clad and beautiful . Pale , meagre hands Stretch'd forth in eager misery , implore Quick passage o'er the flood . But there it rolls , ' Neath its ice - curtain , horrible and hoarse , A fatal ...
... breath of its far , native vales , Vine - clad and beautiful . Pale , meagre hands Stretch'd forth in eager misery , implore Quick passage o'er the flood . But there it rolls , ' Neath its ice - curtain , horrible and hoarse , A fatal ...
Page 36
... breathing skeletons , with tatter'd robes And bare and bleeding feet , and matted locks , Are these the high and haughty troops of France , The buoyant conscripts , who from their blest homes Went gaily at thy bidding ? When the cry Of ...
... breathing skeletons , with tatter'd robes And bare and bleeding feet , and matted locks , Are these the high and haughty troops of France , The buoyant conscripts , who from their blest homes Went gaily at thy bidding ? When the cry Of ...
Page 37
... breath Steal from a being doom'd to death ; Those features to the grave be sent In sleep thus mutely eloquent ; Or , art thou , what thy form would seem , The phantom of a blessed dream ? A human shape I feel thou art , I feel it at my ...
... breath Steal from a being doom'd to death ; Those features to the grave be sent In sleep thus mutely eloquent ; Or , art thou , what thy form would seem , The phantom of a blessed dream ? A human shape I feel thou art , I feel it at my ...
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