Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 7Robert Chambers Amer. Book Exchange, 1879 - English literature |
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... breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet- With the sky above my head , And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one ... breathing through the night , Her breathing soft and low , As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro ...
... breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet- With the sky above my head , And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one ... breathing through the night , Her breathing soft and low , As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro ...
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... breath ; Night , the shadow of light , And Life , the shadow of death . And the high gods took in hand Fire , and the falling of tears , And a measure of sliding sand From under the feet of years ; And froth and drift of the sea : And ...
... breath ; Night , the shadow of light , And Life , the shadow of death . And the high gods took in hand Fire , and the falling of tears , And a measure of sliding sand From under the feet of years ; And froth and drift of the sea : And ...
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... breath and blood of living . Doth God think How I shall be without you ? what strange breath Shall my days draw ? what strange blood feed my life , When this life that is love is gone from them , And this light lost ? Where shall my ...
... breath and blood of living . Doth God think How I shall be without you ? what strange breath Shall my days draw ? what strange blood feed my life , When this life that is love is gone from them , And this light lost ? Where shall my ...
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