The Poetical Works of Laman BlanchardChatto and Windus, 1876 - 359 pages |
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... face of its invisible omnipotence . We never knew a man so humbly resolute and so nobly inflexible , with demeanour , manners , and language that might appear to indi- cate a softness to be wrought upon , and a disposition to evade a ...
... face of its invisible omnipotence . We never knew a man so humbly resolute and so nobly inflexible , with demeanour , manners , and language that might appear to indi- cate a softness to be wrought upon , and a disposition to evade a ...
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... face - none to her father and mother . ' Value of truth and courage , and connection between the two in the life of Cyrus , belonging to to a race trained to " draw the bow and to speak the truth . " From such a boyhood come those men ...
... face - none to her father and mother . ' Value of truth and courage , and connection between the two in the life of Cyrus , belonging to to a race trained to " draw the bow and to speak the truth . " From such a boyhood come those men ...
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... face , Translated by the heart . Their spirits rode On a loose rose - leave or a flying shadow , Looking for happiness ; and in such quest Its ample heaven inhaling , as afar His fleet heart's horses bore her willing car . They gazed ...
... face , Translated by the heart . Their spirits rode On a loose rose - leave or a flying shadow , Looking for happiness ; and in such quest Its ample heaven inhaling , as afar His fleet heart's horses bore her willing car . They gazed ...
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... face Smiling like the seraphim , Whom they image whilst they chase Their fellows of the radiant limb . Lo ! thousands are strewing Snow flowers on the way , Where the morn is renewing A tenderer day . And some are entwining Their ...
... face Smiling like the seraphim , Whom they image whilst they chase Their fellows of the radiant limb . Lo ! thousands are strewing Snow flowers on the way , Where the morn is renewing A tenderer day . And some are entwining Their ...
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... faces of green That smile on the glittering gulf between ; Each hath its crown and each its song , Borne on the musical breeze along . The waters sing to the shore , The forests sing to the sea , All that have motion in land or in ocean ...
... faces of green That smile on the glittering gulf between ; Each hath its crown and each its song , Borne on the musical breeze along . The waters sing to the shore , The forests sing to the sea , All that have motion in land or in ocean ...
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