Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin A. Hart, Carey & Hart, 1850 - 807 pages |
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... wood's poetic throats , All thy art could never pay What thou hast ta'en from me away . Cruel bird ! thou'st ta'en away A dream out of my arms to - day ; A dream , that ne'er must equall'd be By all that waking eyes may see Thou , this ...
... wood's poetic throats , All thy art could never pay What thou hast ta'en from me away . Cruel bird ! thou'st ta'en away A dream out of my arms to - day ; A dream , that ne'er must equall'd be By all that waking eyes may see Thou , this ...
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... wood of stars survey ! And all the year dost with thee bring Of thousand flowery lights thine own nocturnal spring . Thou , Scythian - like , dost round thy lands above The Sun's gilt tents for ever move , And still , as thou in dost go ...
... wood of stars survey ! And all the year dost with thee bring Of thousand flowery lights thine own nocturnal spring . Thou , Scythian - like , dost round thy lands above The Sun's gilt tents for ever move , And still , as thou in dost go ...
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... wood , born with himself , he sees , And loves his old contemporary trees . He ' as only heard of near Verona's name ... woods ! when , when shall I be made The happy tenant of your shade ? Here's the spring - head of Pleasure's flood ...
... wood , born with himself , he sees , And loves his old contemporary trees . He ' as only heard of near Verona's name ... woods ! when , when shall I be made The happy tenant of your shade ? Here's the spring - head of Pleasure's flood ...
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... wood echoing shrill : Some time walking , not unseen , By hedge - row elms , on hillocks green , Right against the eastern - gate Where the great Sun begins his state , Rob'd in flames , and amber light , The clouds in thousand liveries ...
... wood echoing shrill : Some time walking , not unseen , By hedge - row elms , on hillocks green , Right against the eastern - gate Where the great Sun begins his state , Rob'd in flames , and amber light , The clouds in thousand liveries ...
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... wood - notes wild . And ever , against eating cares , Lap me in soft Lydian airs , Married to immortal verse ; Such ... woods among , I woo , to hear thy even - song ; And , missing thee , I walk unseen On the dry smooth - shaven green ...
... wood - notes wild . And ever , against eating cares , Lap me in soft Lydian airs , Married to immortal verse ; Such ... woods among , I woo , to hear thy even - song ; And , missing thee , I walk unseen On the dry smooth - shaven green ...
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