The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed: With a Memoir by Derwent ColeridgeE. Moxon, 1874 |
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... sweet as a little child . Into her song her dreams would throng , Silly , and wild , and out of place ; And yet that wild and roving song Entranced the soul in its desolate grace . And hence the story had ever run That the fairest of ...
... sweet as a little child . Into her song her dreams would throng , Silly , and wild , and out of place ; And yet that wild and roving song Entranced the soul in its desolate grace . And hence the story had ever run That the fairest of ...
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... sweet the while : - " Nonny nonny I hear it float , Innocent bird , thy tremulous note : It comes from thy home in the eglantine , And I stay this idle song of mine , Nonny nonny ! -to listen to thine ! " Nonny nonny ! - ' Lillian sings ...
... sweet the while : - " Nonny nonny I hear it float , Innocent bird , thy tremulous note : It comes from thy home in the eglantine , And I stay this idle song of mine , Nonny nonny ! -to listen to thine ! " Nonny nonny ! - ' Lillian sings ...
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... sweet the while : - 66 Nonny nonny ! —who shall tell Where the summer breezes dwell ? Lightly and brightly they breathe and blow , But whence they come and whither they go , Nonny nonny ! —who shall know ? " Nonny nonny ! —I hear your ...
... sweet the while : - 66 Nonny nonny ! —who shall tell Where the summer breezes dwell ? Lightly and brightly they breathe and blow , But whence they come and whither they go , Nonny nonny ! —who shall know ? " Nonny nonny ! —I hear your ...
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... sweet the while : -- " My steed and I , my steed and I , On in the path of the winds we fly , And I chase the planets that wander at even , And bathe my hair in the dews of heaven ! Beautiful stars , so thin and bright , Exquisite ...
... sweet the while : -- " My steed and I , my steed and I , On in the path of the winds we fly , And I chase the planets that wander at even , And bathe my hair in the dews of heaven ! Beautiful stars , so thin and bright , Exquisite ...
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... sweet is the throb of waking : " And then she laughed , and wept again ; While , gazing on her heart's first rain , Bound in his turn by a magic chain , The silent youth stood there : Never had either been so blest ; — You that are ...
... sweet is the throb of waking : " And then she laughed , and wept again ; While , gazing on her heart's first rain , Bound in his turn by a magic chain , The silent youth stood there : Never had either been so blest ; — You that are ...
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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