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... lips again are stirred : The olden sounds are in his ears ; But still the snake its crest uprears . His eyes are swimming in the mist That films the earth like serpent's breath : And now , as if a serpent hissed , - - The husky ...
... lips again are stirred : The olden sounds are in his ears ; But still the snake its crest uprears . His eyes are swimming in the mist That films the earth like serpent's breath : And now , as if a serpent hissed , - - The husky ...
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... lips no longer fill The woods with song ; his flute is still . Those lips still quaver to the flute , But fast the life - tide ebbs away ; Those lips now quaver and are mute , But nature throbs in breathless play : Birds are in open ...
... lips no longer fill The woods with song ; his flute is still . Those lips still quaver to the flute , But fast the life - tide ebbs away ; Those lips now quaver and are mute , But nature throbs in breathless play : Birds are in open ...
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... from tears ; That her fair form may stand and shine , Make bright our days and light our dreams , Turning to scorn with lips divine The falsehood of extremes ! LOVE AND DUTY Of love that never found his earthly 48 LIVING ENGLISH POETS.
... from tears ; That her fair form may stand and shine , Make bright our days and light our dreams , Turning to scorn with lips divine The falsehood of extremes ! LOVE AND DUTY Of love that never found his earthly 48 LIVING ENGLISH POETS.
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... lips that kiss'd Whispering I knew not what of wild and sweet , Like that strange song I heard Apollo sing , While Ilion like a mist rose into towers . Yet hold me not for ever in thine East : How can my nature longer mix with thine ...
... lips that kiss'd Whispering I knew not what of wild and sweet , Like that strange song I heard Apollo sing , While Ilion like a mist rose into towers . Yet hold me not for ever in thine East : How can my nature longer mix with thine ...
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... lips , but he Replying , ' Enter likewise ye And go with us : ' they enter'd in . And while the wind began to sweep A music out of sheet and shroud , We steer'd her toward a crimson cloud That landlike slept along the deep . FROM " MAUD ...
... lips , but he Replying , ' Enter likewise ye And go with us : ' they enter'd in . And while the wind began to sweep A music out of sheet and shroud , We steer'd her toward a crimson cloud That landlike slept along the deep . FROM " MAUD ...
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BABETTE Bassarid beat beneath bird Born boughs breast breath bright brow CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth eyes face fair feet fire flowers golden grass green grow hair hand hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hills King kiss laughed leave light lips live look morn murmur never night nightingale o'er once Ozana pain pale pass rain rest RICHARD WATSON DIXON ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN rose round scattered spaces shadowing bluff shadows shine silent sing singing cave sleep smile snow soft song soul sound stars stept stood stream strong sundew sweet thee THEOPHILE MARZIALS thine things THOMAS GORDON HAKE thou art thought thro To-morrow tree turn VIEUXBOIS Vizier voice vrom wake weep WILLIAM JOHN COURTHOPE wilt thou wind wings