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Page 16
... wings , And thou , unblemish'd form of chastity ; I see ye visibly , and now believe That he , the Supreme Good , t ' whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of vengeance , Would send a glist'ring guardian , if need were , To ...
... wings , And thou , unblemish'd form of chastity ; I see ye visibly , and now believe That he , the Supreme Good , t ' whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of vengeance , Would send a glist'ring guardian , if need were , To ...
Page 17
... wings Of silence , through the empty vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother Circe , with the Sirens three , Amidst the flow'ry - kirtled Naiades Culling their ...
... wings Of silence , through the empty vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil'd ! I have oft heard My mother Circe , with the Sirens three , Amidst the flow'ry - kirtled Naiades Culling their ...
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... wing , And hatches plenty for th ' ensuing spring ; Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay , Like mothers who their infants overlay ; Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave , Like profuse kings , resumes the wealth he gave . No ...
... wing , And hatches plenty for th ' ensuing spring ; Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay , Like mothers who their infants overlay ; Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave , Like profuse kings , resumes the wealth he gave . No ...
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... wing ; And seldom o'er a breast so fair , Mantled a plaid with modest care , And never brooch the folds combin'd Above a heart more good and kind . Her kindness and her worth to spy , You need but gaze on Ellen's eye ; Not Katrine , in ...
... wing ; And seldom o'er a breast so fair , Mantled a plaid with modest care , And never brooch the folds combin'd Above a heart more good and kind . Her kindness and her worth to spy , You need but gaze on Ellen's eye ; Not Katrine , in ...
Page 31
... the lattice up , And scent thee on the breeze ! The butterfly is then abroad , The bee is on the wing , And on the hawthorn by the road The linnets sit and sing . Sweet wall - flower , sweet wall - flower ! BOOK OF POETRY . 31.
... the lattice up , And scent thee on the breeze ! The butterfly is then abroad , The bee is on the wing , And on the hawthorn by the road The linnets sit and sing . Sweet wall - flower , sweet wall - flower ! BOOK OF POETRY . 31.
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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