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... bright hair , and she tended it well , When down swung the sound of the far - off bell . She sigh'd , she look'd up through the clear green sea . She said ; " I must go , for my kinsfolk pray In the little grey church on the shore to ...
... bright hair , and she tended it well , When down swung the sound of the far - off bell . She sigh'd , she look'd up through the clear green sea . She said ; " I must go , for my kinsfolk pray In the little grey church on the shore to ...
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... From heaths starr'd with broom ; And high rocks throw mildly On the blanch'd sands a gloom : Up the still , glistening beaches , Up the creeks we will hie ; Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb - tide leaves 8 MATTHEW ARNOLD .
... From heaths starr'd with broom ; And high rocks throw mildly On the blanch'd sands a gloom : Up the still , glistening beaches , Up the creeks we will hie ; Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb - tide leaves 8 MATTHEW ARNOLD .
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Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb - tide leaves dry . We will gaze , from the sand - hills , At the white , sleeping town ; At the church on the hill - side And then come back down . Singing , " There dwells a lov'd one , But cruel ...
Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb - tide leaves dry . We will gaze , from the sand - hills , At the white , sleeping town ; At the church on the hill - side And then come back down . Singing , " There dwells a lov'd one , But cruel ...
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... bright and black , Though I keep with heart's endeavour , - Your voice , when you wish the snowdrops back , Though it stay in my soul for ever ! — V. Yet I will but say what mere friends say , Or only a thought stronger ; I will hold ...
... bright and black , Though I keep with heart's endeavour , - Your voice , when you wish the snowdrops back , Though it stay in my soul for ever ! — V. Yet I will but say what mere friends say , Or only a thought stronger ; I will hold ...
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... bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies . II . One shade the more , one ray the less , Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress , Or ...
... bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies . II . One shade the more , one ray the less , Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress , Or ...
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