The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed: With a Memoir by Derwent ColeridgeE. Moxon, 1874 |
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... tide , He made such rivers of blood to run As shocked the sight of the blushing sun , And deluged half the nation . It was a pretty monster too , With a crimson head , and a body blue , And wings of a warm and delicate hue , Like.
... tide , He made such rivers of blood to run As shocked the sight of the blushing sun , And deluged half the nation . It was a pretty monster too , With a crimson head , and a body blue , And wings of a warm and delicate hue , Like.
Page 15
... blue ether , The dame and the Dragon they soared together ; He bore her away on the breath of the gale— The two little dwarfs held fast by the tail . Fanny ! a pretty group for drawing ; My dragon like a war - horse pawing , My dwarfs ...
... blue ether , The dame and the Dragon they soared together ; He bore her away on the breath of the gale— The two little dwarfs held fast by the tail . Fanny ! a pretty group for drawing ; My dragon like a war - horse pawing , My dwarfs ...
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... blue ; Heavy and thick as a wall of brick , But not so heavy and not so thick As the Edinburgh Review . With a smile and a jest he set out on the quest , Clad in his stoutest mail , With his helm of the best , and his spear in the rest ...
... blue ; Heavy and thick as a wall of brick , But not so heavy and not so thick As the Edinburgh Review . With a smile and a jest he set out on the quest , Clad in his stoutest mail , With his helm of the best , and his spear in the rest ...
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... a rising qualm ; The boat lay sleeping on the sea , The sky looked blue , —and so did she ! The night came on , and still the gale Breathed vainly on her leather sail ; It scarcely would have stirred a feather : Heaven and 34 GOG .
... a rising qualm ; The boat lay sleeping on the sea , The sky looked blue , —and so did she ! The night came on , and still the gale Breathed vainly on her leather sail ; It scarcely would have stirred a feather : Heaven and 34 GOG .
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... Pleasure hath spread a warmer glow , And love his fervid look hath dight In something of ethereal light : And still the Minstrel's pale blue eye Is looking out impatiently To see his glad and tender bride Come dancing o'er GOG . 41.
... Pleasure hath spread a warmer glow , And love his fervid look hath dight In something of ethereal light : And still the Minstrel's pale blue eye Is looking out impatiently To see his glad and tender bride Come dancing o'er GOG . 41.
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Abbess beauteous beauty beneath blessed bliss bower breath bright brow CANTO 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 hand hath hear heard heart heaven Helen Henry Nelson Coleridge hope hopes and fears John Moultrie King Arthur Knight Lady laugh light lips lonely look Lord Lurley lute maiden Minstrel mirth murmur never o'er pain pale passion poems Praed Praed's praise prayer rhyme rose round sigh silent sleep smile song sorrow soul strange sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou wilt thought to-day to-night toil tone Troubadour Twas verse Vidal voice Walmer Castle wandering weep Whate'er whispered wild WILLIAM SIDNEY WALKER WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED young youth