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... cold severity Flying me , leaving me without a joy , Without a hope on earth , without thyself ; Thou art lovelier now than if thy yielding soul Had smiled on me a passionate consent . Go ; for I see thy parting homeward look , Go in ...
... cold severity Flying me , leaving me without a joy , Without a hope on earth , without thyself ; Thou art lovelier now than if thy yielding soul Had smiled on me a passionate consent . Go ; for I see thy parting homeward look , Go in ...
Page 33
... elysium of the hour ? Alas ! the scene will swiftly fade , The music cease - depart the maid , And chill - eyed day the room invade With cold condemning cares Some hearts will pine , and some will weep , BOOK OF POETRY . 33.
... elysium of the hour ? Alas ! the scene will swiftly fade , The music cease - depart the maid , And chill - eyed day the room invade With cold condemning cares Some hearts will pine , and some will weep , BOOK OF POETRY . 33.
Page 47
... cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart , As if to him it would impart The doom he dreads yet dwells upon ; Yes , but for these and these alone , Some moments , ay one treacherous hour , He still might doubt the ...
... cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart , As if to him it would impart The doom he dreads yet dwells upon ; Yes , but for these and these alone , Some moments , ay one treacherous hour , He still might doubt the ...
Page 48
... toil , unpitied care , Cold treachery's serpent moan , Ills that the tender heart must bear , Unanswering and alone ! But as the frail and fragrant flower , Crush'd by 48 YOUNG LADY'S An Exhibition of a School of Young Ladies.
... toil , unpitied care , Cold treachery's serpent moan , Ills that the tender heart must bear , Unanswering and alone ! But as the frail and fragrant flower , Crush'd by 48 YOUNG LADY'S An Exhibition of a School of Young Ladies.
Page 53
... cold Novem- ber rain Calls not , from out the gloomy earth , the lovely ones again . The wind - flower and the violet , they perish'd long ago , And the wild - rose and the orchis died amid the sum- mer glow ; But on the hill the golden ...
... cold Novem- ber rain Calls not , from out the gloomy earth , the lovely ones again . The wind - flower and the violet , they perish'd long ago , And the wild - rose and the orchis died amid the sum- mer glow ; But on the hill the golden ...
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