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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... smile upon an infant's face ; ' Like the dove's voice ; like transient day ; like music in the air . ' Ah ! gentle ... smiles on all ' Walks in the valley and each morn over me spreads his hand , " Saying , " Rejoice , thou humble grass ...
... smile upon an infant's face ; ' Like the dove's voice ; like transient day ; like music in the air . ' Ah ! gentle ... smiles on all ' Walks in the valley and each morn over me spreads his hand , " Saying , " Rejoice , thou humble grass ...
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... smile . God's pity let us pray , she said . IV I know my face is bright , she said , — Such brightness , dying suns diffuse ; I bear upon my forehead shed , The sign of what I lose , — The ending of my day , she said . V If I dared ...
... smile . God's pity let us pray , she said . IV I know my face is bright , she said , — Such brightness , dying suns diffuse ; I bear upon my forehead shed , The sign of what I lose , — The ending of my day , she said . V If I dared ...
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... smile in secret , looking over wasted lands , Blight and famine , plague and earthquake , roaring deeps and fiery sands , Clanging fights , and flaming towns , and sinking ships , and praying hands . But they smile , they find a music ...
... smile in secret , looking over wasted lands , Blight and famine , plague and earthquake , roaring deeps and fiery sands , Clanging fights , and flaming towns , and sinking ships , and praying hands . But they smile , they find a music ...
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GEORGE CRABBE 17541822 | 1 |
The Book of Thel 1789 | 32 |
EMILY JANE BRONTË 181948 | 48 |
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