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... round with merry faces . Backward coil'd , and crouching low , With glaring eyeballs watch thy foe , The housewife's spindle whirling round , Or thread , or straw , that on the ground Its shadow throws , by urchin sly Held out to lure ...
... round with merry faces . Backward coil'd , and crouching low , With glaring eyeballs watch thy foe , The housewife's spindle whirling round , Or thread , or straw , that on the ground Its shadow throws , by urchin sly Held out to lure ...
Page 235
... round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . And e'en the story ran that he could gauge . In For , arguing , too , the parson owned his skill , e'en though vanquished , he could argue still ...
... round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . And e'en the story ran that he could gauge . In For , arguing , too , the parson owned his skill , e'en though vanquished , he could argue still ...
Page 585
... round again to happy night . THE TEARS OF HEAVEN . HEAVEN weeps above the earth all night till morn , In darkness weeps as all ashamed to weep , Because the earth hath made her state forlorn COME NOT WHEN I AM DEAD . COME not when I am ...
... round again to happy night . THE TEARS OF HEAVEN . HEAVEN weeps above the earth all night till morn , In darkness weeps as all ashamed to weep , Because the earth hath made her state forlorn COME NOT WHEN I AM DEAD . COME not when I am ...
Contents
Gray | xxxviii |
Effort the Gauge of Greatness | xxxix |
As Slow our Ship | xl |
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