Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A romaunt. [With a portrait.]John Murray, 1842 - 331 pages |
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... sighs but to have only dream'd , Hath aught like thee in truth or fancy seem'd : Nor , having seen thee , shall I vainly seek To paint those charms which varied as they beam'd— To such as see thee not my words were weak ; To those who ...
... sighs but to have only dream'd , Hath aught like thee in truth or fancy seem'd : Nor , having seen thee , shall I vainly seek To paint those charms which varied as they beam'd— To such as see thee not my words were weak ; To those who ...
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... sigh Could I to thee be ever more than friend : This much , dear maid , accord ; nor question why To one so young my strain I would commend , But bid me with my wreath one matchless lily blend . Such is thy name with this my verse ...
... sigh Could I to thee be ever more than friend : This much , dear maid , accord ; nor question why To one so young my strain I would commend , But bid me with my wreath one matchless lily blend . Such is thy name with this my verse ...
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... sigh'd o'er Delphi's long deserted shrine , 1 Where , save that feeble fountain , all is still ; Nor mote my shell awake the weary Nine To grace so plain a tale - this lowly lay of mine . 2 --- 1 The little village of Castri stands ...
... sigh'd o'er Delphi's long deserted shrine , 1 Where , save that feeble fountain , all is still ; Nor mote my shell awake the weary Nine To grace so plain a tale - this lowly lay of mine . 2 --- 1 The little village of Castri stands ...
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... sigh'd to many though he loved but one , 1 And that loved one , alas ! could ne'er be his . Ah , happy she ! to ' scape from him whose kiss Had been pollution unto aught so chaste ; Who soon had left her charms for vulgar bliss , And ...
... sigh'd to many though he loved but one , 1 And that loved one , alas ! could ne'er be his . Ah , happy she ! to ' scape from him whose kiss Had been pollution unto aught so chaste ; Who soon had left her charms for vulgar bliss , And ...
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... sigh he left , to cross the brine , [ line . 3 And traverse Paynim shores , and pass Earth's central XII . The sails were fill'd , and fair the light winds blew , As glad to waft him from his native home ; And fast the white rocks faded ...
... sigh he left , to cross the brine , [ line . 3 And traverse Paynim shores , and pass Earth's central XII . The sails were fill'd , and fair the light winds blew , As glad to waft him from his native home ; And fast the white rocks faded ...
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