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... Praise to God , immortal praise " 278 Summer Evening's Meditation , A 315 Freetown , Mass . , b . 1823 . Parting Lovers , The ( Translation ) BARHAM , RICHARD HARRIS ( " Thomas 147 To Heaven approached a Sufi Saint ( Translation ) ...
... Praise to God , immortal praise " 278 Summer Evening's Meditation , A 315 Freetown , Mass . , b . 1823 . Parting Lovers , The ( Translation ) BARHAM , RICHARD HARRIS ( " Thomas 147 To Heaven approached a Sufi Saint ( Translation ) ...
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... Praise 47 Said I not so Sweet Day . " Sweetest Saviour , if my soul " 285 HERRICK , ROBERT . England , 1591-1674- Scotland , 1785-1838 . " A sweet disorder in the dress " Litany 263 Daffodils " When gathering clouds around I view " 274 ...
... Praise 47 Said I not so Sweet Day . " Sweetest Saviour , if my soul " 285 HERRICK , ROBERT . England , 1591-1674- Scotland , 1785-1838 . " A sweet disorder in the dress " Litany 263 Daffodils " When gathering clouds around I view " 274 ...
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... praise . Thus Cowley , with his undeniable genius , was the head of a numerous class who made poetry consist in far - fetched con- ceits , ideas oddly brought together , and quaint turns of thought . Pope , following close upon Dryden ...
... praise . Thus Cowley , with his undeniable genius , was the head of a numerous class who made poetry consist in far - fetched con- ceits , ideas oddly brought together , and quaint turns of thought . Pope , following close upon Dryden ...
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... praise of passages in the poetry of the day to which the general reader is puzzled to attach a meaning . This is often the case when the words themselves seem simple enough , and keep within the range of the Saxon or house- hold element ...
... praise of passages in the poetry of the day to which the general reader is puzzled to attach a meaning . This is often the case when the words themselves seem simple enough , and keep within the range of the Saxon or house- hold element ...
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... praise . Thy sidelong pillowed meekness ; Thy thanks to all that aid ; Thy heart , in pain and weakness , Of fancied faults afraid ; The little trembling hand That wipes thy quiet tears , These , these are things that may demand Dread ...
... praise . Thy sidelong pillowed meekness ; Thy thanks to all that aid ; Thy heart , in pain and weakness , Of fancied faults afraid ; The little trembling hand That wipes thy quiet tears , These , these are things that may demand Dread ...
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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
Page 297 - hymn ! in swarming cities vast, Assembled men to the deep organ join T
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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Page 540 - CAROLINE NORTON. HIGH-TIDE ON THE COAST OP LIN COLNSHIRE. Тик old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three ; " Play uppe, play uppe, О Boston belK ! Ply all your changes, all