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Page 19
... cheeks , for then my spirit feasts Contented on its pleasing thoughts of thee . My very prayers are full of thee , I look To heaven and bless thee ; for from them I learnt The way by which we reach the eternal mansions . But thou ...
... cheeks , for then my spirit feasts Contented on its pleasing thoughts of thee . My very prayers are full of thee , I look To heaven and bless thee ; for from them I learnt The way by which we reach the eternal mansions . But thou ...
Page 27
... cheek with brown , - The sportive toil , which , short and light , Had dyed her glowing hue so bright , Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measur'd mood had ...
... cheek with brown , - The sportive toil , which , short and light , Had dyed her glowing hue so bright , Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measur'd mood had ...
Page 33
... cheeks that blush with virgin bloom , The maidens of the night . And yonder trips a blue - eyed troop , Serenely ... cheek the blood - stream warms , While tinctured with their Paphian charms , The maidens twine their ivory arms And ...
... cheeks that blush with virgin bloom , The maidens of the night . And yonder trips a blue - eyed troop , Serenely ... cheek the blood - stream warms , While tinctured with their Paphian charms , The maidens twine their ivory arms And ...
Page 38
... cheek , brow , Even while I gaze , are kindling now . I call'd thee duteous ; am I wrong ? No ! truth , I feel , is in my song : Duteous thy heart's still beatings move To God , to Nature , and to Love ! To God ! -for thou a harmless ...
... cheek , brow , Even while I gaze , are kindling now . I call'd thee duteous ; am I wrong ? No ! truth , I feel , is in my song : Duteous thy heart's still beatings move To God , to Nature , and to Love ! To God ! -for thou a harmless ...
Page 44
... cheek , And curly pate , and merry eye , And arm and shoulders round and sleek , And soft and fair , thou urchin sly ? What boots it who , with sweet caresses , First call'd thee his , or squire or hind ? For thou in every wight that ...
... cheek , And curly pate , and merry eye , And arm and shoulders round and sleek , And soft and fair , thou urchin sly ? What boots it who , with sweet caresses , First call'd thee his , or squire or hind ? For thou in every wight that ...
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