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... lips away " ( Measure Palmer , The Rose , The for Measure ) . 168 " The forward violet " 41 Scotland " Soldier , rest ! thy warfare o'er Stag Hunt , The " Under the greenwood tree " ( As You Like It ) 325 " When icicles hang by the wall ...
... lips away " ( Measure Palmer , The Rose , The for Measure ) . 168 " The forward violet " 41 Scotland " Soldier , rest ! thy warfare o'er Stag Hunt , The " Under the greenwood tree " ( As You Like It ) 325 " When icicles hang by the wall ...
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... lips his songs rehearse ; His life is now his noblest strain , His manhood better than his verse . " Thank God ! his hand on nature's keys Its cunning keeps at life's full span ; But dimmed and dwarfed , in times like these , The poet ...
... lips his songs rehearse ; His life is now his noblest strain , His manhood better than his verse . " Thank God ! his hand on nature's keys Its cunning keeps at life's full span ; But dimmed and dwarfed , in times like these , The poet ...
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... lips would seem to smile at death . " Well may they smile ; for death , to such as he , Brings purer freedom , loftier thought and aim ; And , in grand truce with immortality , Lifts to song's fadeless heaven his star - like fame ! " I ...
... lips would seem to smile at death . " Well may they smile ; for death , to such as he , Brings purer freedom , loftier thought and aim ; And , in grand truce with immortality , Lifts to song's fadeless heaven his star - like fame ! " I ...
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... lips ' gin suing , And , some gentle heart's bars undoing , Thou dost enter , love - crowned , and there Sittest love - glorified ! -- Rule kindly , Tenderly over thy kingdom fair ; For we that love , ah ! we love so blindly , Philip ...
... lips ' gin suing , And , some gentle heart's bars undoing , Thou dost enter , love - crowned , and there Sittest love - glorified ! -- Rule kindly , Tenderly over thy kingdom fair ; For we that love , ah ! we love so blindly , Philip ...
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... lips , Out to his little finger - tips ! Softly sinking , down he goes ! Down he goes ! down he goes ! See ! he's hushed in sweet repose . JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND . CHOOSING A NAME . I HAVE got a new - born sister ; I was nigh the first ...
... lips , Out to his little finger - tips ! Softly sinking , down he goes ! Down he goes ! down he goes ! See ! he's hushed in sweet repose . JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND . CHOOSING A NAME . I HAVE got a new - born sister ; I was nigh the first ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON beauty bells beneath bird blessed bosom breast breath bright brow Bryant cheek clouds cold dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eyes face fair father fear flowers gentle glory gone grace grave green hair hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hill hour JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER king kiss land leaves light lips live look Lord moon morning mother ne'er never nevermore night numbers o'er PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY praise rest ROBERT BURNS rose round shine shore sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stars stood sweet tears tell thee thine THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou art thought tree voice wave weary weep wild WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings