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... turn'd about , And wistly view'd the lad , And clearly I saw his eyes were out , Though bow and shafts he had . As wistly she did me behold , How lik'st thou him ? quoth she . Why , well , quoth I , the better should , Had he but eyes ...
... turn'd about , And wistly view'd the lad , And clearly I saw his eyes were out , Though bow and shafts he had . As wistly she did me behold , How lik'st thou him ? quoth she . Why , well , quoth I , the better should , Had he but eyes ...
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... That overlooked the moor ; And thence they saw the bridge of wood , A furlong from their door . They wept , and , turning homeward , cried , ' In heaven we all shall meet ! ' -When in the snow the mother spied The print of 14 The ...
... That overlooked the moor ; And thence they saw the bridge of wood , A furlong from their door . They wept , and , turning homeward , cried , ' In heaven we all shall meet ! ' -When in the snow the mother spied The print of 14 The ...
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... a rogue for forgerie . They laid him down upon his back , And cudgell'd him full sore ; They hung him up before the storm , And turn'd him o'er and o'er . They filled up a darksome pit With water to the 28 The Children's.
... a rogue for forgerie . They laid him down upon his back , And cudgell'd him full sore ; They hung him up before the storm , And turn'd him o'er and o'er . They filled up a darksome pit With water to the 28 The Children's.
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... turn to little things ; but once Looked up for it in vain : ' Tis gone - a ruthless spoiler's prey , Who heeds not beauty , love , or song , ' Tis gone ! ( so seemed it ) and we grieved , Indignant at the wrong . Just three days after ...
... turn to little things ; but once Looked up for it in vain : ' Tis gone - a ruthless spoiler's prey , Who heeds not beauty , love , or song , ' Tis gone ! ( so seemed it ) and we grieved , Indignant at the wrong . Just three days after ...
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... turn'd to the skies , The lantern gleam'd through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes . Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ who stilled the waves On the Lake of ...
... turn'd to the skies , The lantern gleam'd through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes . Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ who stilled the waves On the Lake of ...
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Page 159 - TIGER! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?
Page 215 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. All. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf : Witches...
Page 65 - They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 59 - Out of the sea came he ! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
Page 177 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 196 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted— nevermore!
Page 183 - Twas autumn, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 195 - But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore, What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
Page 21 - I met a lady in the meads Full beautiful, a faery's child; Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild. I...
Page 59 - With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. 50 And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.