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... delight , Such sober certainty of waking bliss , I never heard till now . I'll speak to her , And she shall be my queen . Hail foreign wonder , Whom certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the Goddess that in rural shrine ...
... delight , Such sober certainty of waking bliss , I never heard till now . I'll speak to her , And she shall be my queen . Hail foreign wonder , Whom certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the Goddess that in rural shrine ...
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... delight a dainty eare , Such as at once might not on living ground , Save in this paradise , be heard elsewhere : Right hard was it for wight that did it heare , To read what manner musick that mote be : For all that pleasing is to ...
... delight a dainty eare , Such as at once might not on living ground , Save in this paradise , be heard elsewhere : Right hard was it for wight that did it heare , To read what manner musick that mote be : For all that pleasing is to ...
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... delights that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast , And calm the pleasures , always hover'd nigh , But whate'er smack'd of noyance , or unrest , Was far , far off expell'd from this delicious nest . The landscape ...
... delights that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast , And calm the pleasures , always hover'd nigh , But whate'er smack'd of noyance , or unrest , Was far , far off expell'd from this delicious nest . The landscape ...
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... delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams , The gay romance of life ; When truth that is and truth that seems Blend in fantastic strife ; Ah ! visions less beguiling far Than waking dreams by daylight are ! Night is the time for ...
... delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams , The gay romance of life ; When truth that is and truth that seems Blend in fantastic strife ; Ah ! visions less beguiling far Than waking dreams by daylight are ! Night is the time for ...
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... delight , And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight , Like treasures of silver and gold . I love you for lulling me back into dreams Of the blue Highland mountains and echoing streams , And of broken blades breathing their balm ...
... delight , And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight , Like treasures of silver and gold . I love you for lulling me back into dreams Of the blue Highland mountains and echoing streams , And of broken blades breathing their balm ...
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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