A Thousand and One Gems of PoetryCharles Mackay |
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... arms ! to arms ! to arms ! But when through all the infernal bounds , Which flaming Phlegethon surrounds , Love , strong as Death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all ...
... arms ! to arms ! to arms ! But when through all the infernal bounds , Which flaming Phlegethon surrounds , Love , strong as Death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all ...
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Charles Mackay. Locked in her arms , his arms across her flung ( That name most dear for ever on his tongue ) , As with soft accents round her neck he clings , And , cheek to cheek , her lulling song she sings : How blest to feel the ...
Charles Mackay. Locked in her arms , his arms across her flung ( That name most dear for ever on his tongue ) , As with soft accents round her neck he clings , And , cheek to cheek , her lulling song she sings : How blest to feel the ...
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... arms , my love , For keen the wind doth blow ! Oh , take me to your arms , my love , For bitter is my woe ! She hears me not , she cares not , Nor will she list to me ; And here I lie in misery Beneath the willow - tree . I once had ...
... arms , my love , For keen the wind doth blow ! Oh , take me to your arms , my love , For bitter is my woe ! She hears me not , she cares not , Nor will she list to me ; And here I lie in misery Beneath the willow - tree . I once had ...
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