Rhymes with a reason, by B.1857 |
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... beauty , no high breeding trace ; Wisdom , and love , and the force of prayer ! IT IS VAIN . BELT the wide earth with wires , Cover the seas with ships ; Let thy name be borne on the wings of the wind , And live on a million lips : It ...
... beauty , no high breeding trace ; Wisdom , and love , and the force of prayer ! IT IS VAIN . BELT the wide earth with wires , Cover the seas with ships ; Let thy name be borne on the wings of the wind , And live on a million lips : It ...
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... beauty and pleasure rife- The summer , with warmth , and mirth , and song , With freshness , and light , and life ! " Come , with thy dewy showers ! April , I hail thy birth ! Come , and wake up the flowers , And give drink to the ...
... beauty and pleasure rife- The summer , with warmth , and mirth , and song , With freshness , and light , and life ! " Come , with thy dewy showers ! April , I hail thy birth ! Come , and wake up the flowers , And give drink to the ...
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... beauty , when our ship was still , And watched the sunbeams with a golden thrill Break on the waters - and the anchor chain E'en to the glittering floor , down , down beneath , Long have I traced - and thought that love should be Like ...
... beauty , when our ship was still , And watched the sunbeams with a golden thrill Break on the waters - and the anchor chain E'en to the glittering floor , down , down beneath , Long have I traced - and thought that love should be Like ...
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... summers . Looking into those dear orbs- " Tis this thought that in its beauty All absorbs . ' Tis this thought that makes me love her : Twenty summers ! C Twenty summers in her face , The treasured bloom of RHYMES WITH A REASON . 33.
... summers . Looking into those dear orbs- " Tis this thought that in its beauty All absorbs . ' Tis this thought that makes me love her : Twenty summers ! C Twenty summers in her face , The treasured bloom of RHYMES WITH A REASON . 33.
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... beauty , Of the ship that rides the floods Of the yellow waving corn fields , Of the glorious autumn woods . Brother ! the ships but bring us Work for the hand and head ; And the waving corn fields tell us Of the thing we work for ...
... beauty , Of the ship that rides the floods Of the yellow waving corn fields , Of the glorious autumn woods . Brother ! the ships but bring us Work for the hand and head ; And the waving corn fields tell us Of the thing we work for ...
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Angel of Death bloom of twenty breath BRIDGE OF BOATS bright brother caïque Christ cloak of clustering dear e'en earth with wires Euxine's fields are laden finger-touch flowers foes God's gold nor silver gone grief hail thy birth hands Hast thou ne'er heard heart and narrower Heaven heaven-sent rain labour land LITTLE FRANCES look million lips MOON name be borne narrower head neath need nor gold o'er Old centuries pomp and thy pray prayer showeth skies slowly homeward go smile soft red glow song soul Stamboul strange world SUMFIELD summer hours SUNDAY AT BALAKLAVA tears tell I'm sure terrible world say thee thine thou dost thou know'st tis Thou look'st alike thou ne'er thought thy dewy showers thy majesty thy pomp Tis this thought toil truth twenty summers unto voice waving corn fields Weep WEST HARDING STREET wide earth wings wintry worm you-God
Popular passages
Page 1 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.