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... desideratum . How far the author has succeeded in carrying out these principles , he leaves it to an im- partial public to decide . PHILADELPHIA , June , 1835 . CONTENTS . Page Extract from Comus 15 Sleep . 18 vi PREFACE .
... desideratum . How far the author has succeeded in carrying out these principles , he leaves it to an im- partial public to decide . PHILADELPHIA , June , 1835 . CONTENTS . Page Extract from Comus 15 Sleep . 18 vi PREFACE .
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CONTENTS . Page Extract from Comus 15 Sleep . 18 The Loveliness of Filial Affection 18 Harmony 20 Song- " Go ... sleeping Child ... Night . 32 34 37 39 The frosted Trees .. Field Flowers . A Sketch from Real Life . To a Child Poetry ...
CONTENTS . Page Extract from Comus 15 Sleep . 18 The Loveliness of Filial Affection 18 Harmony 20 Song- " Go ... sleeping Child ... Night . 32 34 37 39 The frosted Trees .. Field Flowers . A Sketch from Real Life . To a Child Poetry ...
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... rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan , by blest song Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog To touch the prosp'rous growth of this tall wood . MILTON . SLEEP . O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , BOOK OF POETRY . 17.
... rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan , by blest song Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog To touch the prosp'rous growth of this tall wood . MILTON . SLEEP . O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , BOOK OF POETRY . 17.
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SLEEP . O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eye - lids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather , sleep , liest thou in smoky cribs , Upon uneasy pallets ...
SLEEP . O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eye - lids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather , sleep , liest thou in smoky cribs , Upon uneasy pallets ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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