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... star of hope she leaves him ? Me , nae cheerfu ' twinkle lights me , Dark despair around benights me . II . I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy : Naething could resist my Nancy ! But to see her was to love her , Love but her , and love ...
... star of hope she leaves him ? Me , nae cheerfu ' twinkle lights me , Dark despair around benights me . II . I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy : Naething could resist my Nancy ! But to see her was to love her , Love but her , and love ...
Page 45
... star , The ploughman from the sun his season takes ; But still the lover wonders what they are , Who look for day before his mistress wakes . Awake , awake ! break thro ' your veils of lawn ! Then draw your curtains , and begin the dawn ...
... star , The ploughman from the sun his season takes ; But still the lover wonders what they are , Who look for day before his mistress wakes . Awake , awake ! break thro ' your veils of lawn ! Then draw your curtains , and begin the dawn ...
Page 60
... the darkening air The sun , Thrills with a sense of the triumphing night - Night with her train of stars And her great gift of sleep . So be my passing ! My task accomplished and the 60 WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY . Margarita Sorori.
... the darkening air The sun , Thrills with a sense of the triumphing night - Night with her train of stars And her great gift of sleep . So be my passing ! My task accomplished and the 60 WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY . Margarita Sorori.
Page 75
... when with eagle eyes He star'd at the Pacific - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise- Silent , upon a peak in Darien . 40 . Ode to a Nightingale . I. My heart 75 KEATS (1795-1821) On first looking into Chapman's Homer.
... when with eagle eyes He star'd at the Pacific - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise- Silent , upon a peak in Darien . 40 . Ode to a Nightingale . I. My heart 75 KEATS (1795-1821) On first looking into Chapman's Homer.
Page 98
... star - led wizards haste with odours sweet ! Oh ! run , prevent them with thy humble ode , And lay it lowly at his blessed feet ; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet , And join thy voice unto the angel quire , From 98 JOHN MILTON .
... star - led wizards haste with odours sweet ! Oh ! run , prevent them with thy humble ode , And lay it lowly at his blessed feet ; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet , And join thy voice unto the angel quire , From 98 JOHN MILTON .
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