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Page 16
... thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory , Of calling shapes , and beck'ning shadows dire , And airy tongues , that syllable men's names On sands , and shores , and desert wildernesses . These thoughts may startle well , but ...
... thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory , Of calling shapes , and beck'ning shadows dire , And airy tongues , that syllable men's names On sands , and shores , and desert wildernesses . These thoughts may startle well , but ...
Page 26
... thousands still desire to journey on , Though halt , and weary of the path they tread . The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits ...
... thousands still desire to journey on , Though halt , and weary of the path they tread . The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits ...
Page 36
... thousand darts , Disrobed of pomp and circumstance , stand forth , And show thy written league with sin and death . Yes , ere ambition's heart is sear'd and sold , And desolated , bid him mark thine end And count thy wages . The proud ...
... thousand darts , Disrobed of pomp and circumstance , stand forth , And show thy written league with sin and death . Yes , ere ambition's heart is sear'd and sold , And desolated , bid him mark thine end And count thy wages . The proud ...
Page 49
... thousand infant charms ; ( Unconscious fascination , undesign'd ! ) The orison repeated in his arms , For God to bless her sire and all mankind ; The book , the bosom on his knee reclin'd , Or how sweet fairy - lore he heard her con 4 ...
... thousand infant charms ; ( Unconscious fascination , undesign'd ! ) The orison repeated in his arms , For God to bless her sire and all mankind ; The book , the bosom on his knee reclin'd , Or how sweet fairy - lore he heard her con 4 ...
Page 60
... thousand happy things , And but one sad one - ' tis to find Too sure that Time hath wings ! Oh ! ever sweet is sight ... thousands , and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy . Houses in ashes , and the fall of stocks ...
... thousand happy things , And but one sad one - ' tis to find Too sure that Time hath wings ! Oh ! ever sweet is sight ... thousands , and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy . Houses in ashes , and the fall of stocks ...
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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