The Oxford Book of Nineteenth-century English VerseJohn Hayward Anthology of some six hundred poems and excerpts by eighty-five poets. |
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... beneath , And strike the terrible string . I wake sweet joy in dens of sorrow & I plant a smile In forests of affliction , And wake the bubbling springs of life in regions of dark death . O , I am weary ! lay thine hand upon me or I ...
... beneath , And strike the terrible string . I wake sweet joy in dens of sorrow & I plant a smile In forests of affliction , And wake the bubbling springs of life in regions of dark death . O , I am weary ! lay thine hand upon me or I ...
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... beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon - lover ! And from this chasm , with ceaseless turmoil seething , As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing , A mighty fountain momently was forced : Amid whose ...
... beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon - lover ! And from this chasm , with ceaseless turmoil seething , As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing , A mighty fountain momently was forced : Amid whose ...
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... beneath My light step on that sunny heath . Light ! for the ardor of the clime Made rare my spirit , that sublime Bore me as buoyant as young Time Over the green Earth's grassy prime , Ere his slouch'd wing caught up her slime ; And ...
... beneath My light step on that sunny heath . Light ! for the ardor of the clime Made rare my spirit , that sublime Bore me as buoyant as young Time Over the green Earth's grassy prime , Ere his slouch'd wing caught up her slime ; And ...
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GEORGE CRABBE 17541822 | 1 |
The Book of Thel 1789 | 32 |
EMILY JANE BRONTË 181948 | 48 |
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