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Page 13
... fears and fancies thick upon me came ; Dim sadness - and blind thoughts , I knew not , nor could name . I heard the sky - lark warbling in the sky ; And I bethought me of the playful hare : Even such a happy Child of earth am I ; Even ...
... fears and fancies thick upon me came ; Dim sadness - and blind thoughts , I knew not , nor could name . I heard the sky - lark warbling in the sky ; And I bethought me of the playful hare : Even such a happy Child of earth am I ; Even ...
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... fear that kills ; And hope that is unwilling to be fed ; Cold , pain , and labour , and all fleshly ills , And mighty Poets in their misery dead . Perplexed , and longing to be comforted , My question eagerly did I renew , << How is it ...
... fear that kills ; And hope that is unwilling to be fed ; Cold , pain , and labour , and all fleshly ills , And mighty Poets in their misery dead . Perplexed , and longing to be comforted , My question eagerly did I renew , << How is it ...
Page 45
... fear ! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH . ON ROBERT BURNS . He pass'd thro ' life's tempestuous night , A brilliant , trembling , northern light : Thro ' years to come he'll shine from far , A fix'd , unsetting , polar star . JAMES MONTGOMERY . KIRKE ...
... fear ! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH . ON ROBERT BURNS . He pass'd thro ' life's tempestuous night , A brilliant , trembling , northern light : Thro ' years to come he'll shine from far , A fix'd , unsetting , polar star . JAMES MONTGOMERY . KIRKE ...
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... fears , And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind . My hopes are with the Dead , anon My place with them will be , And I with them shall travel on Through all Futurity ; Yet leaving here a name , I trust ...
... fears , And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind . My hopes are with the Dead , anon My place with them will be , And I with them shall travel on Through all Futurity ; Yet leaving here a name , I trust ...
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... fear , the jealous care , The exalted portion of the pain And power of love , I cannot share , But wear the chain . But ' tis not thus ยท and ' tis not here- Such thoughts should shake my soul , nor now , Where glory decks the hero's ...
... fear , the jealous care , The exalted portion of the pain And power of love , I cannot share , But wear the chain . But ' tis not thus ยท and ' tis not here- Such thoughts should shake my soul , nor now , Where glory decks the hero's ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON BARRY CORNWALL beauty beneath birds blow blue born bosom bower brave breast breath bright brow cloud dark dead dear death deep delight died dost doth dream earth eyes fair fame FELICIA HEMANS flowers gentle glory gold grave green hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hill JOHN KEATS land leaves LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON light lips lives lonely look LORD BYRON moon MOORE morn mountain mourn ne'er never night numbers o'er ocean pale PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY poet ROBERT BURNS ROBERT SOUTHEY rock rose round sail SEMICHORUS shade shine shore sigh silent sing sleep smile snow song sorrow soul sound SOUTHEY spirit star stream sweet tears tell thee thine things THOMAS THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou art thought tree voice wandering waters waves weary weep wild WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings wood WORDSWORTH