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Page 420
... breath of our life is sweet . Yes , the breath of our life is so sweet , I fear We were loath to give it for all we know Of that charmèd country we hold so dear , Far into whose beauty the breath- less go . Yet certain we are , when we ...
... breath of our life is sweet . Yes , the breath of our life is so sweet , I fear We were loath to give it for all we know Of that charmèd country we hold so dear , Far into whose beauty the breath- less go . Yet certain we are , when we ...
Page 555
... breath of the time that has been hovers In the air now soft with a summer to be . Not a breath shall there sweeten the seasons hereafter Of the flowers or the lovers that laugh now or weep , When , as they that are free now of weeping ...
... breath of the time that has been hovers In the air now soft with a summer to be . Not a breath shall there sweeten the seasons hereafter Of the flowers or the lovers that laugh now or weep , When , as they that are free now of weeping ...
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... breath'dst on me , till every germ Of love and song broke into raptu- rous flower , And sent a challenge upwards to the sky , What if too swift fruition set a term tant time , An odor from neglected gardens where Unnumbered roses once ...
... breath'dst on me , till every germ Of love and song broke into raptu- rous flower , And sent a challenge upwards to the sky , What if too swift fruition set a term tant time , An odor from neglected gardens where Unnumbered roses once ...
Contents
Gray | xxxviii |
Effort the Gauge of Greatness | xxxix |
As Slow our Ship | xl |
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