The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 1W.J.Widdleton, 1865 - 413 pages |
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... Dream of Life . " This record of a schoolboy's life , rich in actual achievement as well as in promise for the future , would be incomplete if a word were not added of the part he took in those recreations which form no unimportant ...
... Dream of Life . " This record of a schoolboy's life , rich in actual achievement as well as in promise for the future , would be incomplete if a word were not added of the part he took in those recreations which form no unimportant ...
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... dream of delicate beauty melt Into the heart's recess , Seen by the soul , and seen by the mind , But indistinct its loveliness , Adored , and not defined ; A bright creation , a shadowy ray , Fading and flitting in mist away , Nothing ...
... dream of delicate beauty melt Into the heart's recess , Seen by the soul , and seen by the mind , But indistinct its loveliness , Adored , and not defined ; A bright creation , a shadowy ray , Fading and flitting in mist away , Nothing ...
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... dreams would throng , Silly , and wild , and out of place ; And yet that wild and roving song Entranced the soul in its desolate grace . And hence the story had ever run , That the fairest of dames was a headless one . The pilgrim in ...
... dreams would throng , Silly , and wild , and out of place ; And yet that wild and roving song Entranced the soul in its desolate grace . And hence the story had ever run , That the fairest of dames was a headless one . The pilgrim in ...
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... dream ; A long , long dream - but I feel it breaking ! Painfully sweet is the throb of waking ; " And then she laughed , and wept again : While , gazing on her heart's first rain , Bound in his turn by a magic chain , The silent youth ...
... dream ; A long , long dream - but I feel it breaking ! Painfully sweet is the throb of waking ; " And then she laughed , and wept again : While , gazing on her heart's first rain , Bound in his turn by a magic chain , The silent youth ...
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... dreams about the earth's rotundity ; In argument was quite a Grecian , And taught the doctrine of cohesion . This knowledge , as one often sees , Softened his manners by degrees ; He came to have a nicer maw , And seldom ate his mutton ...
... dreams about the earth's rotundity ; In argument was quite a Grecian , And taught the doctrine of cohesion . This knowledge , as one often sees , Softened his manners by degrees ; He came to have a nicer maw , And seldom ate his mutton ...
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Abbess Arminius beam beauteous beauty beneath blessed bliss blue bower breath bright brow charm cheek cold Count Otto courser dance dark dear DERWENT COLERIDGE dragon dream earth Eton Etonian eyes faded fair Fair Lady fairy fancy fat friars father fears flings flowers fond frown gaze grave grief half hand hath hear heard heart heaven Helen HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE holy hope hopes and fears John Moultrie King Arthur Knight Lady laugh light lips lonely look Lord Lurley lute maiden minstrel mirth murmur never Nonny o'er pain pale passion poems Praed's praise prayer rose round sigh silent sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit strange sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou wilt thought to-day to-night tone Troubadour Vidal voice Walmer Castle wandering weep Whate'er whispered wild WILLIAM SIDNEY WALKER WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED young youth