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... waves , and flash A wild disaster round , like its own wo- Each wave cry , " Wo for ever ! " in its flow , And then pass on - from far adown its path Send back commingling sounds of wo and wrath- Th ' indomitable Will then know no sway ...
... waves , and flash A wild disaster round , like its own wo- Each wave cry , " Wo for ever ! " in its flow , And then pass on - from far adown its path Send back commingling sounds of wo and wrath- Th ' indomitable Will then know no sway ...
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... Wave their dark beauty round the tower of David . Resplendent with a thousand golden bucklers , The embrazures of alabaster shine ; Hailed by the pilgrims of the desert , bound To Judah's mart with orient merchandise . But not , for ...
... Wave their dark beauty round the tower of David . Resplendent with a thousand golden bucklers , The embrazures of alabaster shine ; Hailed by the pilgrims of the desert , bound To Judah's mart with orient merchandise . But not , for ...
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... wave , So ghastly white ? -A spectral head ! — A horse's head- ( May heaven save Those looking on the dead , - The waking dead ! ) There on the sea he stands- The spectre - horse ! -he moves ; he gains the sands ! Onward he speeds . His ...
... wave , So ghastly white ? -A spectral head ! — A horse's head- ( May heaven save Those looking on the dead , - The waking dead ! ) There on the sea he stands- The spectre - horse ! -he moves ; he gains the sands ! Onward he speeds . His ...
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... ship and horse are fading into air . Lost , mazed , alone , see , Lee is standing there ! The morning air blows fresh on him ; The waves dance gladly in his sight ; The sea - birds call , and wheel , and 34 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY .
... ship and horse are fading into air . Lost , mazed , alone , see , Lee is standing there ! The morning air blows fresh on him ; The waves dance gladly in his sight ; The sea - birds call , and wheel , and 34 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY .
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... wave ; he feels no breeze . For he's accurst from all that's good ; He ne'er must know its healing power . The sinner on his sins must brood ; Must wait , alone , his hour . Thou stranger to earth's beauty - human love- There's here no ...
... wave ; he feels no breeze . For he's accurst from all that's good ; He ne'er must know its healing power . The sinner on his sins must brood ; Must wait , alone , his hour . Thou stranger to earth's beauty - human love- There's here no ...
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