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... sighing gale ; And still a coil the grasshopper did keep : Yet all these sounds yblent inclined all to sleep . Full in the passage of the vale above , A sable , silent , solemn forest stood : Where nought but shadowy forms was seen to ...
... sighing gale ; And still a coil the grasshopper did keep : Yet all these sounds yblent inclined all to sleep . Full in the passage of the vale above , A sable , silent , solemn forest stood : Where nought but shadowy forms was seen to ...
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... sigh , Or filial love was glowing there , Or meek devotion pour'd a prayer , Or tale of injury call'd forth The indignant spirit of the north , One only passion , unreveal'd , With maiden pride the maid conceal'd , Yet not less purely ...
... sigh , Or filial love was glowing there , Or meek devotion pour'd a prayer , Or tale of injury call'd forth The indignant spirit of the north , One only passion , unreveal'd , With maiden pride the maid conceal'd , Yet not less purely ...
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... sighs Obey alone her mysteries : To Love ! -for fiends of hate might see Thou dwell'st in love , and love in thee ! What wonder then , though in thy dreams Thy face with mystic meaning beams ! Oh ! that my spirit's eye could see Whence ...
... sighs Obey alone her mysteries : To Love ! -for fiends of hate might see Thou dwell'st in love , and love in thee ! What wonder then , though in thy dreams Thy face with mystic meaning beams ! Oh ! that my spirit's eye could see Whence ...
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... sigh Which deems its vows untrue . There is a bubble on your cup By buoyant fancy nurst , How high its sparkling foam leaps up ! Ye do not think't will burst : And be it far from me to fling On budding joys a blight , Or darkly spread a ...
... sigh Which deems its vows untrue . There is a bubble on your cup By buoyant fancy nurst , How high its sparkling foam leaps up ! Ye do not think't will burst : And be it far from me to fling On budding joys a blight , Or darkly spread a ...
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... sigh that oft that bosom swells ; - Thy voice , thy sigh , my Mary ! MISS MITFORD WINTER . SEE wither'd Winter bending low his head ; His ragged locks stiff with the hoary dew ; His eyes , like frozen lakes , of livid hue ; His train a ...
... sigh that oft that bosom swells ; - Thy voice , thy sigh , my Mary ! MISS MITFORD WINTER . SEE wither'd Winter bending low his head ; His ragged locks stiff with the hoary dew ; His eyes , like frozen lakes , of livid hue ; His train a ...
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