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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... sigh , Each turned his face with a ghastly pang , And cursed me with his eye . Four times fifty living men , ( And I heard nor sigh nor groan ) With heavy thump , a lifeless lump , They dropped down one by one . The souls did from their ...
... sigh , Each turned his face with a ghastly pang , And cursed me with his eye . Four times fifty living men , ( And I heard nor sigh nor groan ) With heavy thump , a lifeless lump , They dropped down one by one . The souls did from their ...
Page 325
... sigh for truth , and home , and love and woman . I sigh for one and two - and still I sigh , For many are the whispers I have heard From beauty's lips . Love's soul on many an eye Hath pierced my heart with such intense regard , I ...
... sigh for truth , and home , and love and woman . I sigh for one and two - and still I sigh , For many are the whispers I have heard From beauty's lips . Love's soul on many an eye Hath pierced my heart with such intense regard , I ...
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... sigh doth echo , one poor sob doth pine , One kiss brings honey - dew from buried days . The woes of Troy , towers ... sighing , -weaning Tenderly her fancy from its maiden snow , Doth more avail than these : the silver flow Of Hero's ...
... sigh doth echo , one poor sob doth pine , One kiss brings honey - dew from buried days . The woes of Troy , towers ... sighing , -weaning Tenderly her fancy from its maiden snow , Doth more avail than these : the silver flow Of Hero's ...
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GEORGE CRABBE 17541822 | 1 |
The Book of Thel 1789 | 32 |
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