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Page 65
... youths and maidens most poetical , Who lose the deepening twilights of the spring In ball - rooms and hot theatres , they still Full of meek sympathy must heave their sighs O'er Philomela's pity - pleading strains . My Friend , and thou ...
... youths and maidens most poetical , Who lose the deepening twilights of the spring In ball - rooms and hot theatres , they still Full of meek sympathy must heave their sighs O'er Philomela's pity - pleading strains . My Friend , and thou ...
Page 79
... youth's unclouded morn We gaze on friendship as a graceful flower , And win it for our pleasure , or our pride . But when the stern realities of life Do clip the wings of fancy , and cold storms Rack the worn cordage of the heart , it ...
... youth's unclouded morn We gaze on friendship as a graceful flower , And win it for our pleasure , or our pride . But when the stern realities of life Do clip the wings of fancy , and cold storms Rack the worn cordage of the heart , it ...
Page 82
... youth away : But not a charm of yours has faded , Ye are full of marvel still . Now jewels cold , and now pervaded With heavenly fire , thrill ye And kindle into life , and bear Beauty and music through the air : The embryos of a shell ...
... youth away : But not a charm of yours has faded , Ye are full of marvel still . Now jewels cold , and now pervaded With heavenly fire , thrill ye And kindle into life , and bear Beauty and music through the air : The embryos of a shell ...
Page 98
... youth , be spread ; Yet in those flute - like voices , mingling low , Is woman's tenderness - how soon her woe ! Her lot is on you - silent tears to weep , And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour , And sumless riches , from ...
... youth , be spread ; Yet in those flute - like voices , mingling low , Is woman's tenderness - how soon her woe ! Her lot is on you - silent tears to weep , And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour , And sumless riches , from ...
Page 102
... Youth prepares his joys to meet , - Alas ! how hard it is to die ! When just is seized some valued prize , And duties press , and tender ties Forbid the soul from earth to rise , - How awful then it is to die ! When , one by one , those ...
... Youth prepares his joys to meet , - Alas ! how hard it is to die ! When just is seized some valued prize , And duties press , and tender ties Forbid the soul from earth to rise , - How awful then it is to die ! When , one by one , those ...
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