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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... Heaven Ambition cannot dwell , Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth , They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible . Its holy flame for ever burneth , From Heaven it came , to ...
... Heaven Ambition cannot dwell , Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth , They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible . Its holy flame for ever burneth , From Heaven it came , to ...
Page 246
... heaven and earth are still - though not in sleep , But breathless , as we grow when feeling most ; And silent , as we stand in thoughts too deep : - All heaven and earth are still : From the high host Of stars , to the lull'd lake and ...
... heaven and earth are still - though not in sleep , But breathless , as we grow when feeling most ; And silent , as we stand in thoughts too deep : - All heaven and earth are still : From the high host Of stars , to the lull'd lake and ...
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... Heaven's brow . II We wandered to the Pine Forest That skirts the Ocean's foam , The lightest wind was in its nest , The tempest in its home . The whispering waves were half asleep , The clouds were gone to play , And on the bosom of ...
... Heaven's brow . II We wandered to the Pine Forest That skirts the Ocean's foam , The lightest wind was in its nest , The tempest in its home . The whispering waves were half asleep , The clouds were gone to play , And on the bosom of ...
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GEORGE CRABBE 17541822 | 1 |
The Book of Thel 1789 | 32 |
EMILY JANE BRONTË 181948 | 48 |
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