A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best PoetsWilliam Cullen Bryant |
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... Nevermore Mercy ( Merchant of Venice ) 574 Mob , The Fickle ( Coriolanus ) 601 RYAN , RICHARD . Murder , The ( Macbeth ) 691 Scotland , 18th century . Music ( Merchant of Venice ) 585 " O , saw ye the lass ? " Music Twelfth Night ) 585 ...
... Nevermore Mercy ( Merchant of Venice ) 574 Mob , The Fickle ( Coriolanus ) 601 RYAN , RICHARD . Murder , The ( Macbeth ) 691 Scotland , 18th century . Music ( Merchant of Venice ) 585 " O , saw ye the lass ? " Music Twelfth Night ) 585 ...
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... nevermore heard , That's puss . Killing fly , rat , or mouse , As it runs about the house , That's puss . Pet of missis , " Itte mite , " Never must be out of sight , That's puss . God knoweth all ; Mousy nibbles in the wall ; The clock ...
... nevermore heard , That's puss . Killing fly , rat , or mouse , As it runs about the house , That's puss . Pet of missis , " Itte mite , " Never must be out of sight , That's puss . God knoweth all ; Mousy nibbles in the wall ; The clock ...
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... nevermore they saw the man Approaching from the town . Their pretty lips with blackberries Were all besmeared and dyed , And when they saw the darksome night They sate them . down and cried . Thus wandered these two pretty babes Till ...
... nevermore they saw the man Approaching from the town . Their pretty lips with blackberries Were all besmeared and dyed , And when they saw the darksome night They sate them . down and cried . Thus wandered these two pretty babes Till ...
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... nevermore can say An answer , till God wipes away In heaven these drops of weeping . My name to me a sadness wears ; No murmurs cross my mind . Now God be thanked for these thick tears , Which show , of those departed years , Sweet ...
... nevermore can say An answer , till God wipes away In heaven these drops of weeping . My name to me a sadness wears ; No murmurs cross my mind . Now God be thanked for these thick tears , Which show , of those departed years , Sweet ...
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... nevermore will be . NARCISSA . W. WORDSWORTH . " YOUNG , gay , and fortunate ! " Each yields a theme . And , first , thy youth : what says it to gray hairs ? Narcissa , I'm become thy pupil now ; - Early , bright , transient , chaste as ...
... nevermore will be . NARCISSA . W. WORDSWORTH . " YOUNG , gay , and fortunate ! " Each yields a theme . And , first , thy youth : what says it to gray hairs ? Narcissa , I'm become thy pupil now ; - Early , bright , transient , chaste as ...
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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 536 - я fair. Give me but what this ribbon bound," perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep ; While the birds unbounded fly, •из POEMS OF NATURE. And with music fill the sky, Now, even now, my joys run high. Be full, ye courts ; be great who will ; Search for
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