The Bee: A Selection of Poetry from Approved AuthorsDarton & Harvey, 1811 - 204 pages |
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... breath the hyacinth's perfume , Whose melting voice the warbling woodlark's lays ; Shall she be deem'd my rival ? Shall a form Of elemental dross , of mould'ring clay , Vie with these charms empyreal ? The poor worm Shall prove her ...
... breath the hyacinth's perfume , Whose melting voice the warbling woodlark's lays ; Shall she be deem'd my rival ? Shall a form Of elemental dross , of mould'ring clay , Vie with these charms empyreal ? The poor worm Shall prove her ...
Page 28
... breath of Heav'n has chas'd it . In the heart No passion touches a discordant string , But all is harmony and love . Disease Is not . The pure and uncontaminate blood Holds its due course , nor fears the frost of age ; One song employs ...
... breath of Heav'n has chas'd it . In the heart No passion touches a discordant string , But all is harmony and love . Disease Is not . The pure and uncontaminate blood Holds its due course , nor fears the frost of age ; One song employs ...
Page 33
... breath perfumes you , and whose pencil paints . Ye forests bend , ye harvests wave , to Him ; Breathe your still song into the reaper's heart , As home he goes beneath the joyous moon . Ye that keep watch in Heav'n , as earth asleep ...
... breath perfumes you , and whose pencil paints . Ye forests bend , ye harvests wave , to Him ; Breathe your still song into the reaper's heart , As home he goes beneath the joyous moon . Ye that keep watch in Heav'n , as earth asleep ...
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... Oh spring to light , auspicious Babe be born ! See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring ; See lofty Lebanon his head advance , See nodding forests 38 SELECT FOEMS . 38.
... Oh spring to light , auspicious Babe be born ! See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring ; See lofty Lebanon his head advance , See nodding forests 38 SELECT FOEMS . 38.
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... breath ; O lead me wheresoe'er I go , Through this day's life or death . This day be bread and peace my lot , All else beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not , And let thy will be done . To Thee , whose temple is all space ...
... breath ; O lead me wheresoe'er I go , Through this day's life or death . This day be bread and peace my lot , All else beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not , And let thy will be done . To Thee , whose temple is all space ...
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ADAM AND EVE æther angel beam beauteous beauty behold bend Beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright charm cheek cheer cloud confest dear death delight divine dwell E'en earth Edwin eternal ev'ry eyes fair fire fix'd flame flowers fond form'd friendship gale gentle gloom glory glow grace half bound hand happiness hast hear heart Heav'n heav'nly hermit hope hour light lonely lov'd lustre lyre maid mind MONODY morn mortal musing nature nature's night nymph o'er passion peace Pindus pity pleasure pow'r praise Price pride rise round sacred scene seraph shade shine sigh silent silent night skies smiling smiling train soft solemn song soothe sorrow soul sound spreads spring stream sublime sweet taught tear tempest tender thee thine thou thought truth Twas vale virtue voice wand'ring wave wild wings wisdom woodlark youth