The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 1W.J.Widdleton, 1865 - 413 pages |
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... thing to perform a set task with skill , another to obey a spontaneous impulse , and give expression to " thoughts that voluntary move harmonious num- bers . " These exercises are properly intended as tests and encouragements of ...
... thing to perform a set task with skill , another to obey a spontaneous impulse , and give expression to " thoughts that voluntary move harmonious num- bers . " These exercises are properly intended as tests and encouragements of ...
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... thing ; and I have acquired , from a chain of circumstances and feelings that I cannot detail , a strong and enduring ambition in place of the frivolous longing for temporary notoriety which is all that you remember in me . " It will be ...
... thing ; and I have acquired , from a chain of circumstances and feelings that I cannot detail , a strong and enduring ambition in place of the frivolous longing for temporary notoriety which is all that you remember in me . " It will be ...
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... things as they are . I am not going to stem a torrent , but I confess I should like to confine its fury within some bounds . I am in no small degree an alarmist , and I would readily give a cart - load of abstract ideas for a certainty ...
... things as they are . I am not going to stem a torrent , but I confess I should like to confine its fury within some bounds . I am in no small degree an alarmist , and I would readily give a cart - load of abstract ideas for a certainty ...
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... thing good in the scented youth , Who had taken much pains to be rid of his brains , Before they were sought by the dragon's tooth . He came on the Sheriff of Hereford , As he sat him down to his Sunday dinner ; And the Sheriff he spoke ...
... thing good in the scented youth , Who had taken much pains to be rid of his brains , Before they were sought by the dragon's tooth . He came on the Sheriff of Hereford , As he sat him down to his Sunday dinner ; And the Sheriff he spoke ...
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... things ! ' So Sir Launcelot averred ; But surely Sir Launcelot never heard Nonny Nonny ! the natural bird ! ” The dragon he lay in mute amaze , Till something of kindness crept into his gaze ; He drew the flames of his nostrils in , He ...
... things ! ' So Sir Launcelot averred ; But surely Sir Launcelot never heard Nonny Nonny ! the natural bird ! ” The dragon he lay in mute amaze , Till something of kindness crept into his gaze ; He drew the flames of his nostrils in , He ...
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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