Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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... trees , yclad with summer's pride , Did spread so broad , they heaven's light did hide , Not pierceable with power of any star : And all within were paths and alleys wide , With footing worn , and leading inward far : Fair harbour ...
... trees , yclad with summer's pride , Did spread so broad , they heaven's light did hide , Not pierceable with power of any star : And all within were paths and alleys wide , With footing worn , and leading inward far : Fair harbour ...
Page 15
... trees so strait and high , The sailing Pine , the Cedar proud and tall , The vine - prop Elm , the Poplar never dry , The builder Oak , sole king of forests all , The Aspin good for staves , the Cypress funeral , The Laurel , meed of ...
... trees so strait and high , The sailing Pine , the Cedar proud and tall , The vine - prop Elm , the Poplar never dry , The builder Oak , sole king of forests all , The Aspin good for staves , the Cypress funeral , The Laurel , meed of ...
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... tree , whose branches did not bravely spring ; No branch , whereon a fine bird did not sit ; No bird , but did her shrill notes sweetly sing ; No song , but did contain a lively dit . Trees , branches , birds , and songs , were framed ...
... tree , whose branches did not bravely spring ; No branch , whereon a fine bird did not sit ; No bird , but did her shrill notes sweetly sing ; No song , but did contain a lively dit . Trees , branches , birds , and songs , were framed ...
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... trees upshooting high ; The dales for shade , the hills for breathing space ; The trembling groves , the crystal running by ; And that which all fair works doth most aggrace , The art , which all that wrought , appeared in no place ...
... trees upshooting high ; The dales for shade , the hills for breathing space ; The trembling groves , the crystal running by ; And that which all fair works doth most aggrace , The art , which all that wrought , appeared in no place ...
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... trees , And they did make no noise : in such a night , Troilus , methinks , mounted the Trojan walls , And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents , Where Cressid lay that night . Jes . In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip ...
... trees , And they did make no noise : in such a night , Troilus , methinks , mounted the Trojan walls , And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents , Where Cressid lay that night . Jes . In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip ...
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