words : Oh, happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare, A spring of love gushed from my heart And I blessed them unaware ; Sure my kind saint took pity on me And I blessed them unaware. The self-same moment I could pray. Scribners Monthly - Page 5731874Full view - About this book
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...glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 0 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might...blessed them unaware. The self-same moment I could pray; And from my neck so free The albatross fell off, and sank Like lead into the sea. 0 sleep ! it is a... | |
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...gli t declare : A spring- of lovegushed from: ïiïy lïeart, And I Blessed them unaware : SureTmy kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware. The selfsame moment I could pray ; And from my neck so free The Albatross fell off, and, sank Like lead into the sea. PART V. OH sleep... | |
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