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... things were . Ashes o'er ashes , fold on fold , — - And one bright wreath of hair . Genevra's hair ! like gold it lay ; For Time , though stern , is just , And humbler things feel last his sway , And Death reveres his trust . They ...
... things were . Ashes o'er ashes , fold on fold , — - And one bright wreath of hair . Genevra's hair ! like gold it lay ; For Time , though stern , is just , And humbler things feel last his sway , And Death reveres his trust . They ...
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... scene To think such wild things here have been : What spot more meet could grief or sin Choose , at the last , to wither in ? Robert Stephen Hawker . Gloucestershire . GLOUCESTERSHIRE . BELIEVE me , noble lord , GLEN NECTAN . 15.
... scene To think such wild things here have been : What spot more meet could grief or sin Choose , at the last , to wither in ? Robert Stephen Hawker . Gloucestershire . GLOUCESTERSHIRE . BELIEVE me , noble lord , GLEN NECTAN . 15.
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... things at strife ; Yet how forlorn , should ye depart , Ye superstitions of the heart , How poor , were human life ! When magic lore abjured its might , Ye did not forfeit one dear right , One tender claim abate ; Witness this symbol of ...
... things at strife ; Yet how forlorn , should ye depart , Ye superstitions of the heart , How poor , were human life ! When magic lore abjured its might , Ye did not forfeit one dear right , One tender claim abate ; Witness this symbol of ...
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... thing on earth Was parmaceti , for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity , so it was , This villanous saltpetre should be digged Out of the bowels of the harmless earth , Which many a good tall fellow had destroyed So cowardly ...
... thing on earth Was parmaceti , for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity , so it was , This villanous saltpetre should be digged Out of the bowels of the harmless earth , Which many a good tall fellow had destroyed So cowardly ...
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... things within fate's easiest reach , The power is merged , the pomp a grave has found . Off with yon cloud , old Snafell ! that thine eye Over three realms may take its widest range ; And let , for them , thy fountains utter strange ...
... things within fate's easiest reach , The power is merged , the pomp a grave has found . Off with yon cloud , old Snafell ! that thine eye Over three realms may take its widest range ; And let , for them , thy fountains utter strange ...
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