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Wouldst thou know what first Made our souls inherit This ennobling thirst From wine's celestial spirit ? ... Some drops were in that bowl , Remains of last night's pleasure , With which the Sparks of Soul Mixed their burning treasure .
Wouldst thou know what first Made our souls inherit This ennobling thirst From wine's celestial spirit ? ... Some drops were in that bowl , Remains of last night's pleasure , With which the Sparks of Soul Mixed their burning treasure .
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Then , wreathe the bowl With flowers of soul , The brightest Wit can find us ; We'll take a flight Towards heaven to - night , And leave dull earth behind us ! ' Twas nectar fed Of old , ' tis said , Their Junos , Joves , Apollos ; And ...
Then , wreathe the bowl With flowers of soul , The brightest Wit can find us ; We'll take a flight Towards heaven to - night , And leave dull earth behind us ! ' Twas nectar fed Of old , ' tis said , Their Junos , Joves , Apollos ; And ...
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Inspiration in essence , I am wisdom and wit to the wise , His visible muse to the poet , The soul of desire to the lover , The genius of laughter to all . “ Come , lean on me , ye that are weary ! Rise , ye faint - hearted and doubting ...
Inspiration in essence , I am wisdom and wit to the wise , His visible muse to the poet , The soul of desire to the lover , The genius of laughter to all . “ Come , lean on me , ye that are weary ! Rise , ye faint - hearted and doubting ...
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Would give me life and soul anew , A second life , a soul anew , My dark Rosaleen ! Oh ! the Erne shall run red With redundance of blood , The earth shall rock beneath our tread , And flames wrap hill and wood , And gun - peal and ...
Would give me life and soul anew , A second life , a soul anew , My dark Rosaleen ! Oh ! the Erne shall run red With redundance of blood , The earth shall rock beneath our tread , And flames wrap hill and wood , And gun - peal and ...
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For not in penance do thy true tears flow , Not thine the long transgression : at thy name , We sorrow not with shame , But proudly : for thy soul is as the snow . Old as the sorrow for lost Paradise Seems thine old sorrow : thou in the ...
For not in penance do thy true tears flow , Not thine the long transgression : at thy name , We sorrow not with shame , But proudly : for thy soul is as the snow . Old as the sorrow for lost Paradise Seems thine old sorrow : thou in the ...
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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