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Page 32
... Gaze on each other ' neath the horrid blaze . It scares the sca - birds from their nests . They dart and wheel with deaf'ning screams ; Now dark , and now their wings and breasts Flash back disastrous gleams . O , sin , what hast thou ...
... Gaze on each other ' neath the horrid blaze . It scares the sca - birds from their nests . They dart and wheel with deaf'ning screams ; Now dark , and now their wings and breasts Flash back disastrous gleams . O , sin , what hast thou ...
Page 37
... gaze upon thy calm , pure sphere , And read of heaven's eternal year . Oh ! when , amid the throng of men , The heart grows sick of hollow mirth , How willingly we turn us , then , Away from this cold earth , And look into thy azure ...
... gaze upon thy calm , pure sphere , And read of heaven's eternal year . Oh ! when , amid the throng of men , The heart grows sick of hollow mirth , How willingly we turn us , then , Away from this cold earth , And look into thy azure ...
Page 47
... gazing , then , with streaming eyes , a glimpse The wicked caught of Paradise , where streaks Of splendor , golden gleamings , radiance shone , Like the deep glories of declining day , When , washed by evening showers , the huge - orbed ...
... gazing , then , with streaming eyes , a glimpse The wicked caught of Paradise , where streaks Of splendor , golden gleamings , radiance shone , Like the deep glories of declining day , When , washed by evening showers , the huge - orbed ...
Page 55
... gazing idly on them , as they played , Are holding yet their frolic in the air ; The motion , joy , and beauty still are there— But not for me ! -I look upon the ground : Myriads of happy faces throng me round , Familiar to my eye ; yet ...
... gazing idly on them , as they played , Are holding yet their frolic in the air ; The motion , joy , and beauty still are there— But not for me ! -I look upon the ground : Myriads of happy faces throng me round , Familiar to my eye ; yet ...
Page 57
... gaze , And massive bolts may baffle his design , And vigilant keepers watch his devious ways : * This sonnet , written during Mr. Garrison's despotic imprisonment , pos- Besses a nobleness and an energy in the thought , a corresponding ...
... gaze , And massive bolts may baffle his design , And vigilant keepers watch his devious ways : * This sonnet , written during Mr. Garrison's despotic imprisonment , pos- Besses a nobleness and an energy in the thought , a corresponding ...
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