City PoemsMacmillan and Company, 1857 - 190 pages |
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... once . " I knelt , and lifted pale beseeching hands- " I have drunk poison , and can sleep no more ; Give me this water , for I would forget . " But Sleep stood silent , and his eyes were closed . " Give me this water , for I would ...
... once . " I knelt , and lifted pale beseeching hands- " I have drunk poison , and can sleep no more ; Give me this water , for I would forget . " But Sleep stood silent , and his eyes were closed . " Give me this water , for I would ...
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... once proud as Chanticleer that struts Among his dames ; faint challenged , claps his wings And crows defiance to the distant farms- Now meekly sits beneath a shrewish voice , With children round his knee . We spoke of him Who drew sweet ...
... once proud as Chanticleer that struts Among his dames ; faint challenged , claps his wings And crows defiance to the distant farms- Now meekly sits beneath a shrewish voice , With children round his knee . We spoke of him Who drew sweet ...
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Alexander Smith. Hides a neglected grave . Then all at once Discourse burst from its melancholy weeds , As brilliant as a spangled dancing - girl : Each pelted each with quip and raillery ; And when from laughing lips a jest broke loose ...
Alexander Smith. Hides a neglected grave . Then all at once Discourse burst from its melancholy weeds , As brilliant as a spangled dancing - girl : Each pelted each with quip and raillery ; And when from laughing lips a jest broke loose ...
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... once , And , by my faith , he talked us all asleep . The only things that struck me were his eyes , That with their brightness held you from his face ; The thought stood in them ere ' t was spoken ; Wit Laughed on you from the windows ...
... once , And , by my faith , he talked us all asleep . The only things that struck me were his eyes , That with their brightness held you from his face ; The thought stood in them ere ' t was spoken ; Wit Laughed on you from the windows ...
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... tender sheath there burst at once A lily - woman - sweetly grave with thoughts Till now unknown ; made silent by a heart So full and strange , that at a passing tone , The noiseless falling of an autumn leaf , It trembled HORTON . 22717.
... tender sheath there burst at once A lily - woman - sweetly grave with thoughts Till now unknown ; made silent by a heart So full and strange , that at a passing tone , The noiseless falling of an autumn leaf , It trembled HORTON . 22717.
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