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If he talks of the damps or the vapours While moonlight lies soft on the sea , If he '
s sleepy , while you are capricious , If he has not a musical “ Oh ! " . If he does not
call Werther delicious , My own Araminta , say " No ! " If he ever sets foot in the ...
If he talks of the damps or the vapours While moonlight lies soft on the sea , If he '
s sleepy , while you are capricious , If he has not a musical “ Oh ! " . If he does not
call Werther delicious , My own Araminta , say " No ! " If he ever sets foot in the ...
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... from the home of his rest ; snow , He must smile - like the sun in his glory If he
has not the On the buds he loves ever the best ; model of noses ,And oh ! from its
ivory portal My own Araminta , Like music his soft speech must flow ! say “ No !
... from the home of his rest ; snow , He must smile - like the sun in his glory If he
has not the On the buds he loves ever the best ; model of noses ,And oh ! from its
ivory portal My own Araminta , Like music his soft speech must flow ! say “ No !
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She loved , may be , perfume , Soft textures , lace , a half - lit room ;Perchance too
candidly preferred “ Clarissa " to a gossip ' s word ; And , for the rest , would seem
to be Or proud , or dull — this Dorothy . She then must once have looked , as I ...
She loved , may be , perfume , Soft textures , lace , a half - lit room ;Perchance too
candidly preferred “ Clarissa " to a gossip ' s word ; And , for the rest , would seem
to be Or proud , or dull — this Dorothy . She then must once have looked , as I ...
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Poor child , with heart the down - lined nest ' Twas then she ' d seek this nook ,
and find Of warmest instincts unconfest , Its evening landscape balmy - kind ; Soft
callow things that vaguely felt And here , where still her gentle name The breeze
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Poor child , with heart the down - lined nest ' Twas then she ' d seek this nook ,
and find Of warmest instincts unconfest , Its evening landscape balmy - kind ; Soft
callow things that vaguely felt And here , where still her gentle name The breeze
...
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We have loiter ' d and laugh ' d in the flow - ery croft , We have met under wintry
skies ; Her voice is the dearest voice , and soft Is the light in her gentle eyes ; It is
sweet in the silent woods , among Gay crowds , or in any place To hear her voice
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We have loiter ' d and laugh ' d in the flow - ery croft , We have met under wintry
skies ; Her voice is the dearest voice , and soft Is the light in her gentle eyes ; It is
sweet in the silent woods , among Gay crowds , or in any place To hear her voice
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems |
| Authors | Austin Dobson, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Winthrop Mackworth Praed |
| Illustrated by | Maud Humphrey |
| Publisher | Frederick A. Stokes, 1892 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 71 pages |
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