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... the worm is wasting there Its life and beauty ; not when , all unrolled , Leaf after leaf , its bosom , rich and fair , Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air , Wake , thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers , Lest 2 *
... the worm is wasting there Its life and beauty ; not when , all unrolled , Leaf after leaf , its bosom , rich and fair , Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air , Wake , thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers , Lest 2 *
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... fair and turret - crowned , Wet with the choicest dew of heaven , and blessed With golden fruits , and gales of frankincense , Dwell I beneath thine ample curtains . Here , Where saints and prophets teach , where the stern law Still ...
... fair and turret - crowned , Wet with the choicest dew of heaven , and blessed With golden fruits , and gales of frankincense , Dwell I beneath thine ample curtains . Here , Where saints and prophets teach , where the stern law Still ...
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... quivering , and his wonted step Of vigor is not there ; and , though the morn Is passing fair and beautiful , he breathes Its freshness COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 27 N P Willis R H Dana The Song at Twilight Hagar in the Wilderness.
... quivering , and his wonted step Of vigor is not there ; and , though the morn Is passing fair and beautiful , he breathes Its freshness COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 27 N P Willis R H Dana The Song at Twilight Hagar in the Wilderness.
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... fair - haired boy , And left her to her lot of loneliness . Should Hagar weep ? May slighted woman turn , And , as a vine the oak hath shaken off , Bend lightly to her tendencies again ? O no ! by all her loveliness , by all That makes ...
... fair - haired boy , And left her to her lot of loneliness . Should Hagar weep ? May slighted woman turn , And , as a vine the oak hath shaken off , Bend lightly to her tendencies again ? O no ! by all her loveliness , by all That makes ...
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... fair earth ? The world , O man , is wailing o'er thy birth . And what comes up above that wave , So ghastly white ? —A spectral head ! — A horse's head- ( May heaven save Those looking on the dead , - The waking dead ! ) There on the ...
... fair earth ? The world , O man , is wailing o'er thy birth . And what comes up above that wave , So ghastly white ? —A spectral head ! — A horse's head- ( May heaven save Those looking on the dead , - The waking dead ! ) There on the ...
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