A Thousand and One Gems of PoetryCharles Mackay |
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Page 87
... wings a banner'd host , Under spread ensigns marching , might pass through With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array ; So wide they stood , and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame . Before their eyes in ...
... wings a banner'd host , Under spread ensigns marching , might pass through With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array ; So wide they stood , and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame . Before their eyes in ...
Page 389
... wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one , When rocked to rest on their mother's breast As she ... wings . And when sunset may breathe , from the lit sea beneath , Its ardours of rest and of love , And the crimson ...
... wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one , When rocked to rest on their mother's breast As she ... wings . And when sunset may breathe , from the lit sea beneath , Its ardours of rest and of love , And the crimson ...
Page 462
... wings make light in the air as the wings of a dove . Thy feet are as winds that divide the stream of the sea ; Earth is thy covering to hide thee , the garment of thee . Thou art swift and subtle and blind as a flame of fire ; Before ...
... wings make light in the air as the wings of a dove . Thy feet are as winds that divide the stream of the sea ; Earth is thy covering to hide thee , the garment of thee . Thou art swift and subtle and blind as a flame of fire ; Before ...
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