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... rest : Sleep - soothing groves , and quiet lawns between , And flow'ry beds that slumbrous influence kest , From poppies breath'd ; and beds of pleasant green , Where never yet was creeping creature seen ; Meantime unnumber'd glittering ...
... rest : Sleep - soothing groves , and quiet lawns between , And flow'ry beds that slumbrous influence kest , From poppies breath'd ; and beds of pleasant green , Where never yet was creeping creature seen ; Meantime unnumber'd glittering ...
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... rest . Turn back , turn back , thou fur - clad emperor , Thus towards the palace of the Thuilleries Flying with breathless speed . Yon meagre forms , Yon breathing skeletons , with tatter'd robes And bare and bleeding feet , and matted ...
... rest . Turn back , turn back , thou fur - clad emperor , Thus towards the palace of the Thuilleries Flying with breathless speed . Yon meagre forms , Yon breathing skeletons , with tatter'd robes And bare and bleeding feet , and matted ...
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... sleeping eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind , Ere sin destroy , or error dim , The glory of the Seraphim ? PROFESSOR WILSON . NIGHT . NIGHT is the time for rest ; How 38 YOUNG LADY'S.
... sleeping eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind , Ere sin destroy , or error dim , The glory of the Seraphim ? PROFESSOR WILSON . NIGHT . NIGHT is the time for rest ; How 38 YOUNG LADY'S.
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NIGHT . NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet , when labours close , To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose ; Stretch the tired limbs , and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams , The ...
NIGHT . NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet , when labours close , To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose ; Stretch the tired limbs , and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams , The ...
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... rest , can conquer all . MRS . SIGOURNEY . GERTRUDE OF WYOMING . THE rose of England bloom'd on Gertrude's cheek- What though these shades had seen her birth , her sire A Briton's independence taught to seek Far western worlds ; and ...
... rest , can conquer all . MRS . SIGOURNEY . GERTRUDE OF WYOMING . THE rose of England bloom'd on Gertrude's cheek- What though these shades had seen her birth , her sire A Briton's independence taught to seek Far western worlds ; and ...
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