A Thousand and One Gems of PoetryCharles Mackay G. Routledge and Sons, 1870 - 602 pages |
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... dead man's grave , Then go - but go alone the while- Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so sad and fair ! THE MEMORY OF THE BARD . CALL it not vain : -they do not err . Who say ...
... dead man's grave , Then go - but go alone the while- Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so sad and fair ! THE MEMORY OF THE BARD . CALL it not vain : -they do not err . Who say ...
Page 392
... DEAD BODIES SAILORS . ALONE , alone , all , all alone , Alone on a wide wide sea ! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony . The many men , so beautiful ! And they all dead did lie : OF THE And a thousand thousand slimy things ...
... DEAD BODIES SAILORS . ALONE , alone , all , all alone , Alone on a wide wide sea ! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony . The many men , so beautiful ! And they all dead did lie : OF THE And a thousand thousand slimy things ...
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... DEAD . You may give over plough . boys , You may take the gear to the stead ; All the sweat o ' your brow , boys , Will never get beer and bread . The seed's waste , I know , boys ; There's not a blade will grow , boys ; ' Tis cropped ...
... DEAD . You may give over plough . boys , You may take the gear to the stead ; All the sweat o ' your brow , boys , Will never get beer and bread . The seed's waste , I know , boys ; There's not a blade will grow , boys ; ' Tis cropped ...
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