A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best PoetsWilliam Cullen Bryant |
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... cold , and gray ; Rebels within thee and foes without Will snatch at thy crown . But march on , glorious , Martyr , yet monarch ! till angels shout , As thou sitt'st at the feet of God victorious , " Philip , the king ! " DINAH MARIA ...
... cold , and gray ; Rebels within thee and foes without Will snatch at thy crown . But march on , glorious , Martyr , yet monarch ! till angels shout , As thou sitt'st at the feet of God victorious , " Philip , the king ! " DINAH MARIA ...
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... cold and stern to joy and fondness warm . ing ; The coaxing smile , the frequent soft caress , The earnest , tearful prayer all wrath disarm- ing ! Again my heart a new affection found , But thought that love with thee had reached its ...
... cold and stern to joy and fondness warm . ing ; The coaxing smile , the frequent soft caress , The earnest , tearful prayer all wrath disarm- ing ! Again my heart a new affection found , But thought that love with thee had reached its ...
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... cold turf steep . When hearts , whose truth was proven , Like thine , are laid in earth , There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth ; And I , who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine , Who shared thy joy and ...
... cold turf steep . When hearts , whose truth was proven , Like thine , are laid in earth , There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth ; And I , who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine , Who shared thy joy and ...
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... cold ; To mine they ne'er reply ; And yet I cease not to behold , The love - light in her eye : Her very frowns are better far Than smiles of other maidens are ! HARTLEY COLERIDGE . PHILLIS IS MY ONLY JOY . PHILLIS is my only joy ...
... cold ; To mine they ne'er reply ; And yet I cease not to behold , The love - light in her eye : Her very frowns are better far Than smiles of other maidens are ! HARTLEY COLERIDGE . PHILLIS IS MY ONLY JOY . PHILLIS is my only joy ...
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... cold , - Not too backward , nor too bold ; Love that lasteth till ' t is old Fadeth not in haste . Love me little , love me long ! Is the burden of my song . If thou lovest me too much , ' T will not prove as true a touch ; Love me ...
... cold , - Not too backward , nor too bold ; Love that lasteth till ' t is old Fadeth not in haste . Love me little , love me long ! Is the burden of my song . If thou lovest me too much , ' T will not prove as true a touch ; Love me ...
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Page 684 - ed to music all their fountains, And breathed upon the frozen mountains, And like a prophetess of May Strewed flowers upon the barren way, Making the wintry world appear Like one on whom thou smilest, dear. Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood
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Page 446 - And often after sunset, sir, When it U light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my gnpper there. " The first that died was Sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay. Till God released her of her pain ; And the» she went away.
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