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Page 39
... earth ! Night is the time to watch ; Ön ocean's dark expanse , To hail the Pleiades , or catch The full moon's earliest glance , That brings unto the home - sick mind All we have loved and left behind . Night is the time for care ...
... earth ! Night is the time to watch ; Ön ocean's dark expanse , To hail the Pleiades , or catch The full moon's earliest glance , That brings unto the home - sick mind All we have loved and left behind . Night is the time for care ...
Page 41
... earth teem'd around me with fairy delight , And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight , Like treasures of silver and gold . I love you for lulling me back into dreams Of the blue Highland mountains and echoing streams , And of ...
... earth teem'd around me with fairy delight , And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight , Like treasures of silver and gold . I love you for lulling me back into dreams Of the blue Highland mountains and echoing streams , And of ...
Page 42
... Earth's cultureless buds ! to my heart ye were dear , Ere the fever of passion , or ague of fear , Had scathed my existence's bloom ; Once I welcome you more , in life's passionless stage , With the visions of youth to revisit my age ...
... Earth's cultureless buds ! to my heart ye were dear , Ere the fever of passion , or ague of fear , Had scathed my existence's bloom ; Once I welcome you more , in life's passionless stage , With the visions of youth to revisit my age ...
Page 43
... earth some pitying power had given Beauty , of more than mortal birth , a spell that breathed of heaven ; - And as she bent , resign'd and meek , beneath the chastening blow , With all a martyr's fervid faith her features seem'd to glow ...
... earth some pitying power had given Beauty , of more than mortal birth , a spell that breathed of heaven ; - And as she bent , resign'd and meek , beneath the chastening blow , With all a martyr's fervid faith her features seem'd to glow ...
Page 45
... Earth is veil'd And mantled with its beauty ; and the walls , That close the universe with crystal in , Are eloquent with voices , that proclaim The unseen glories of immensity , In harmonies , too perfect , and too high , For aught but ...
... Earth is veil'd And mantled with its beauty ; and the walls , That close the universe with crystal in , Are eloquent with voices , that proclaim The unseen glories of immensity , In harmonies , too perfect , and too high , For aught but ...
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ANNA SEWARD ANON art thou beams beauty beneath birds bless bloom blossoms blue Bluebottle bower breast breath breeze bright brow buds calm charm cheek child clouds dark dear death deep delight dream earth eternal fair father flowers friends gaze gentle gleams glory glow golden grace Granada grave grief happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hope hour J. G. LOCKHART Lady light lips lonely lonely grove look look'd lovelier maid MARY HOWITT Moorish morn mother mountains murmuring Naiad Nature's ne'er neath night o'er pale Pale flowers pass'd peace rill rose round shade shed shine sigh sight silent sing sister skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring star summer sunny sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought throne tree Twas vale voice waves weep wild wind wing young youth