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... round me , when the shouts Of frantic men in battle rack the soul With their importunate and jarring din , Javan , I think on thee , and am at peace . Our famish'd maidens gaze on me , and see That I am famish'd like themselves , as ...
... round me , when the shouts Of frantic men in battle rack the soul With their importunate and jarring din , Javan , I think on thee , and am at peace . Our famish'd maidens gaze on me , and see That I am famish'd like themselves , as ...
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... round , A most enchanting wizard did abide , Than whom a fiend more fell is nowhere found . It was , I ween , a lovely spot of ground : And there a season atween June and May Half prankt with spring , with summer half im- brown'd , A ...
... round , A most enchanting wizard did abide , Than whom a fiend more fell is nowhere found . It was , I ween , a lovely spot of ground : And there a season atween June and May Half prankt with spring , with summer half im- brown'd , A ...
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... round a summer sky ; There eke the soft 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 ...
... round a summer sky ; There eke the soft 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 ...
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... round th ' horizon seems to weave A sea of clouds , whose bosoms heave In floating beauty there . Those fleecy phantoms - how they glide In all the quietude of pride , Moved by the gales of eventide Along the sleeping flowers . ! Some ...
... round th ' horizon seems to weave A sea of clouds , whose bosoms heave In floating beauty there . Those fleecy phantoms - how they glide In all the quietude of pride , Moved by the gales of eventide Along the sleeping flowers . ! Some ...
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... Round the midnight fires , That fiercely through the startled forest blaze , The dreaming shadows gather , madly pleased To bask , and scorch , and perish - with their limbs Crisp'd like the martyr's , and their heads fast seal'd To the ...
... Round the midnight fires , That fiercely through the startled forest blaze , The dreaming shadows gather , madly pleased To bask , and scorch , and perish - with their limbs Crisp'd like the martyr's , and their heads fast seal'd To the ...
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