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... thou , Spring ? -Sweet voices in the woods , And reed - like echoes , that have long been mute ; Thou bringest back , to fill the solitudes , The lark's clear pipe , the cuckoo's viewless flute , Whose tone seems breathing mournfulness ...
... thou , Spring ? -Sweet voices in the woods , And reed - like echoes , that have long been mute ; Thou bringest back , to fill the solitudes , The lark's clear pipe , the cuckoo's viewless flute , Whose tone seems breathing mournfulness ...
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... Thou from the dust hast set that glory free , Coloring the cowslip with the sunny hours , And penciling the wood - anemone : Silent they seem ; yet each to thoughtful eye Glows with mute poesy . But what awak'st thou in the heart , O ...
... Thou from the dust hast set that glory free , Coloring the cowslip with the sunny hours , And penciling the wood - anemone : Silent they seem ; yet each to thoughtful eye Glows with mute poesy . But what awak'st thou in the heart , O ...
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... thou art . Still seem , as to my childhood's sight , A midway station given , For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven . Can all , that optics teach , unfold Thy form to please me so , As when I dreamed of gems and gold ...
... thou art . Still seem , as to my childhood's sight , A midway station given , For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven . Can all , that optics teach , unfold Thy form to please me so , As when I dreamed of gems and gold ...
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... thou didst shine , How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ? » And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod , Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God . Methinks , thy jubilee to ...
... thou didst shine , How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ? » And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod , Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God . Methinks , thy jubilee to ...
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... thou fain , poor father , To hovel thee with swine and rogues forlorn , In short and musty straw ? Alack , alack ! " Tis wonder , that thy life and wits , at once , Had not concluded . - Ah ! he wakes ; speak to him . Phys . Madam , do ...
... thou fain , poor father , To hovel thee with swine and rogues forlorn , In short and musty straw ? Alack , alack ! " Tis wonder , that thy life and wits , at once , Had not concluded . - Ah ! he wakes ; speak to him . Phys . Madam , do ...
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Page 219 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tost; And the heavy night hung dark...