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... Trees .. Field Flowers . A Sketch from Real Life . To a Child Poetry Modern Greece .... An Exhibition of a School of Young Ladies ...... 48 Gertrude of Wyoming ..... 40 41 42 44 45 47 49 Song " I like not beauty's roseate brightness ...
... Trees .. Field Flowers . A Sketch from Real Life . To a Child Poetry Modern Greece .... An Exhibition of a School of Young Ladies ...... 48 Gertrude of Wyoming ..... 40 41 42 44 45 47 49 Song " I like not beauty's roseate brightness ...
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... . 143 The Child of Earth .... 145 The Philosopher's Scales . 146 Autumn Woods ..... 148 A Mother's Death .. 149 Stanzas- " Bind up thy tresses , beautiful one " ..... 151 The China Tree ..... Since I knew Thee ... Nature's CONTENTS . ix.
... . 143 The Child of Earth .... 145 The Philosopher's Scales . 146 Autumn Woods ..... 148 A Mother's Death .. 149 Stanzas- " Bind up thy tresses , beautiful one " ..... 151 The China Tree ..... Since I knew Thee ... Nature's CONTENTS . ix.
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The China Tree ..... Since I knew Thee ... Nature's Gifts ...... 152 153 154 Untrodden Ground . Spring Hymn ... 155 156 The Heart .. A World without Water .. The Lily ..... Address to a Primrose Etty's Rover .... Records of passing ...
The China Tree ..... Since I knew Thee ... Nature's Gifts ...... 152 153 154 Untrodden Ground . Spring Hymn ... 155 156 The Heart .. A World without Water .. The Lily ..... Address to a Primrose Etty's Rover .... Records of passing ...
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... trees , That half shut out the beams of Phoebus bright , And made a kind of chequer'd day and night : Meanwhile , unceasing at the massy gate , Beneath a spacious palm , the wicked wight Was plac'd ; and , to his lute , of cruel fate ...
... trees , That half shut out the beams of Phoebus bright , And made a kind of chequer'd day and night : Meanwhile , unceasing at the massy gate , Beneath a spacious palm , the wicked wight Was plac'd ; and , to his lute , of cruel fate ...
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... And these gray rocks ; this household lawn ; These trees , a veil just half withdrawn ; This fall of water that doth make A murmur near the silent lake ; This little bay , a quiet road That holds in 28 YOUNG LADY'S To a Highland Girl.
... And these gray rocks ; this household lawn ; These trees , a veil just half withdrawn ; This fall of water that doth make A murmur near the silent lake ; This little bay , a quiet road That holds in 28 YOUNG LADY'S To a Highland Girl.
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