Fireside Poetry: Being Choice Selections in Chronological Order from the Most Famous Poets, from Chaucer to Tennyson; with Biographical Notices of the Authors ...Amer. News Company - English poetry |
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... Night Thoughts . " Young lived at Welwyn till April , 1765 , when he died at the ripe age of eighty - four . ON LIFE , DEATH , AND IMMORTALITY . Extracts from " Night Thoughts . " TIRED Nature's sweet restorer , balmy Sleep ! He , like ...
... Night Thoughts . " Young lived at Welwyn till April , 1765 , when he died at the ripe age of eighty - four . ON LIFE , DEATH , AND IMMORTALITY . Extracts from " Night Thoughts . " TIRED Nature's sweet restorer , balmy Sleep ! He , like ...
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... night , no more ? Yes , they have fallen , fair light ! and thou dost often retire to mourn . But thou thyself shalt fail , one night , and leave thy blue path in heaven . The stars will then lift their heads : they , who were ashamed ...
... night , no more ? Yes , they have fallen , fair light ! and thou dost often retire to mourn . But thou thyself shalt fail , one night , and leave thy blue path in heaven . The stars will then lift their heads : they , who were ashamed ...
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... night descended around . Hear the voice of Colma , when she sat alone on the hill ! Colma . It is night ; I am alone , forlorn on the hill of storms . The wind is heard in the mountain . The tor- rent pours down the rock . No hut ...
... night descended around . Hear the voice of Colma , when she sat alone on the hill ! Colma . It is night ; I am alone , forlorn on the hill of storms . The wind is heard in the mountain . The tor- rent pours down the rock . No hut ...
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