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Page 39
... head Upon our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams , The gay romance of life ; When truth that is and truth that seems Blend in fantastic strife ; Ah ! visions less beguiling far Than waking dreams by daylight are ! Night ...
... head Upon our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams , The gay romance of life ; When truth that is and truth that seems Blend in fantastic strife ; Ah ! visions less beguiling far Than waking dreams by daylight are ! Night ...
Page 42
... upon its sky . I see her yet - so fancy deems - her soft , unbraided hair , Gleaming , like sunlight upon snow , above her fore- head fair ; - Her large dark eyes , of changing light , the 42 YOUNG LADY'S A Sketch from Real Life.
... upon its sky . I see her yet - so fancy deems - her soft , unbraided hair , Gleaming , like sunlight upon snow , above her fore- head fair ; - Her large dark eyes , of changing light , the 42 YOUNG LADY'S A Sketch from Real Life.
Page 50
... head ; His ragged locks stiff with the hoary dew ; His eyes , like frozen lakes , of livid hue ; His train a sable cloud , with murky red Streak'd . - Ah ! behold his nitrous breathings shed Petrific death ! Lean , waleful birds pursue ...
... head ; His ragged locks stiff with the hoary dew ; His eyes , like frozen lakes , of livid hue ; His train a sable cloud , with murky red Streak'd . - Ah ! behold his nitrous breathings shed Petrific death ! Lean , waleful birds pursue ...
Page 55
... head , and breathe my last . H. K. WHITE . EVENING MUSIC OF THE ANGELS . Low warblings , now , and solitary harps , Were heard among the angels , touch'd and tuned As to an evening hymn , preluding soft To cherub voices . Louder as they ...
... head , and breathe my last . H. K. WHITE . EVENING MUSIC OF THE ANGELS . Low warblings , now , and solitary harps , Were heard among the angels , touch'd and tuned As to an evening hymn , preluding soft To cherub voices . Louder as they ...
Page 61
... head thumps , to feed upon the breath Of patriots , bursting with heroic rage ; Or placemen , all tranquillity and smiles . This folio of four pages , happy work ! Which not e'en critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention ...
... head thumps , to feed upon the breath Of patriots , bursting with heroic rage ; Or placemen , all tranquillity and smiles . This folio of four pages , happy work ! Which not e'en critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention ...
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