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... winds were hurrying o'er the flood , And waves were white below , No more shall feel the victor's tread , Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should ...
... winds were hurrying o'er the flood , And waves were white below , No more shall feel the victor's tread , Or know the conquered knee ; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh better that her shattered hulk Should ...
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... winds have strown So thick , beneath the line he reads , They shade the sculptured stone ; The child unveils his clustered brow , And ponders for a while graven willow's pendent bough , The Or rudest cherub's smile . But what to them ...
... winds have strown So thick , beneath the line he reads , They shade the sculptured stone ; The child unveils his clustered brow , And ponders for a while graven willow's pendent bough , The Or rudest cherub's smile . But what to them ...
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... wind whisked off my palm - leaf hat ; For me two storms were brewing ! It came as quarrels sometimes do , When married folks get clashing ; There was a heavy sigh or two , Before the fire was flashing , A little stir among the clouds ...
... wind whisked off my palm - leaf hat ; For me two storms were brewing ! It came as quarrels sometimes do , When married folks get clashing ; There was a heavy sigh or two , Before the fire was flashing , A little stir among the clouds ...
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... winds had whistled through them ! I saw the wide and ghastly rents Where demon claws had torn them ; A hole was in their amplest part , As if an imp had worn them . I have had many happy years , And tailors kind and clever , But those ...
... winds had whistled through them ! I saw the wide and ghastly rents Where demon claws had torn them ; A hole was in their amplest part , As if an imp had worn them . I have had many happy years , And tailors kind and clever , But those ...
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... fact by their somewhat rhetorical and sonorous character . Scenes of my youth ! awake its slumbering fire ! Ye winds of Memory , sweep the silent lyre ! Ray of the past , if yet thou canst appear POETRY : A METRICAL ESSAY 35.
... fact by their somewhat rhetorical and sonorous character . Scenes of my youth ! awake its slumbering fire ! Ye winds of Memory , sweep the silent lyre ! Ray of the past , if yet thou canst appear POETRY : A METRICAL ESSAY 35.
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Page 2 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 1 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town.