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She will start from her slumber When gusts shake the door ; She will hear the winds howling , Will hear the waves roar . We shall see , while above us The waves roar and whirl , A ceiling of amber , A pavement of pearl . Singing ...
She will start from her slumber When gusts shake the door ; She will hear the winds howling , Will hear the waves roar . We shall see , while above us The waves roar and whirl , A ceiling of amber , A pavement of pearl . Singing ...
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... hear her in the tunefu ' birds I hear her charm the air . There's not a bonie flower that springs By fountain , shaw , or green , There's not a bonie bird that sings , But minds me o ' my Jean . II . John Anderson my Jo . I. JOHN ...
... hear her in the tunefu ' birds I hear her charm the air . There's not a bonie flower that springs By fountain , shaw , or green , There's not a bonie bird that sings , But minds me o ' my Jean . II . John Anderson my Jo . I. JOHN ...
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... ! as if her step disturbed the dead ! III . Away ! we know that tears are vain , That Death nor heeds nor hears distress : 18 . Will this unteach us to complain ? Or LORD BYRON . 27 Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom.
... ! as if her step disturbed the dead ! III . Away ! we know that tears are vain , That Death nor heeds nor hears distress : 18 . Will this unteach us to complain ? Or LORD BYRON . 27 Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom.
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... thought whose relics there recline : The only pang my bosom dare not brave Must be to find forgetfulness in thine . My fondest IV . faintest latest accents hear ― Grief 28 LORD BYRON . BYRON - continued Song from "The Corsair.
... thought whose relics there recline : The only pang my bosom dare not brave Must be to find forgetfulness in thine . My fondest IV . faintest latest accents hear ― Grief 28 LORD BYRON . BYRON - continued Song from "The Corsair.
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My fondest IV . faintest latest accents hear ― Grief for the dead not Virtue can reprove ; — last sole reward of so much - Then give me all I ever asked ― a tear , The first love ! 19 . Song from " Don Juan . " I. THE Isles of Greece ...
My fondest IV . faintest latest accents hear ― Grief for the dead not Virtue can reprove ; — last sole reward of so much - Then give me all I ever asked ― a tear , The first love ! 19 . Song from " Don Juan . " I. THE Isles of Greece ...
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