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... faces . Ghost - like I paced round the haunts of my childhood , Earth seemed a desert I was bound to traverse , Seeking to find the old familiar faces . Friend of my bosom , thou more than a brother , Why wert not thou born in my ...
... faces . Ghost - like I paced round the haunts of my childhood , Earth seemed a desert I was bound to traverse , Seeking to find the old familiar faces . Friend of my bosom , thou more than a brother , Why wert not thou born in my ...
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... face there was the tint of grief , The settled shadow of an inward strife , And an unquiet drooping of the eye , As if its lid were charged with unshed tears . What could her grief be ? She had all she loved , And he who had so loved ...
... face there was the tint of grief , The settled shadow of an inward strife , And an unquiet drooping of the eye , As if its lid were charged with unshed tears . What could her grief be ? She had all she loved , And he who had so loved ...
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... face was large as that of Memphian sphinx , Pedestaled haply in a palace court , When sages looked to Egypt for their lore . But oh ! how unlike marble was that face : How beautiful , if sorrow had not made Sorrow more beautiful than ...
... face was large as that of Memphian sphinx , Pedestaled haply in a palace court , When sages looked to Egypt for their lore . But oh ! how unlike marble was that face : How beautiful , if sorrow had not made Sorrow more beautiful than ...
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