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... better for a higher grade ? Oh , no ! some shadows he may feel indeed , But many a sunny vision as he goes , Glimpses of brighter regions will disclose . XIII . They'll come to him in deepest solitude . When none but starry eyes can ...
... better for a higher grade ? Oh , no ! some shadows he may feel indeed , But many a sunny vision as he goes , Glimpses of brighter regions will disclose . XIII . They'll come to him in deepest solitude . When none but starry eyes can ...
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... better than sighing to do . They are gone , with their vain affectation and pride , Their boast of a feeling they never had tried ; And now we look backward , and vainly repent , As we think on those moments so foolishly spent . V. Now ...
... better than sighing to do . They are gone , with their vain affectation and pride , Their boast of a feeling they never had tried ; And now we look backward , and vainly repent , As we think on those moments so foolishly spent . V. Now ...
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... . " And dost thou not know , that the eyes below , That oftener weep than smile , Sometimes better look on fair Nature's book Tho ' glistening all the while ? " EVENING . How like a tender mother , With loving 30 THE WILLOW AND THE LILY .
... . " And dost thou not know , that the eyes below , That oftener weep than smile , Sometimes better look on fair Nature's book Tho ' glistening all the while ? " EVENING . How like a tender mother , With loving 30 THE WILLOW AND THE LILY .
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... better than dreams Of luxuriant meadows and glittering streams ; For in absence of all that is lovely and bright , We should live in a halo of beauty and light ! MYSTERIOUS NOW . I. MYSTERIOUS now , and like a 46 OH ! SEEK YE FOR POETRY .
... better than dreams Of luxuriant meadows and glittering streams ; For in absence of all that is lovely and bright , We should live in a halo of beauty and light ! MYSTERIOUS NOW . I. MYSTERIOUS now , and like a 46 OH ! SEEK YE FOR POETRY .
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... better day , And idly its coming wait , When , like the hero of poet's lay , We too may be something great ; And still thro ' the mist our spirits grope For the distant gleam of this better hope . IV . For , alas ! while we dream these ...
... better day , And idly its coming wait , When , like the hero of poet's lay , We too may be something great ; And still thro ' the mist our spirits grope For the distant gleam of this better hope . IV . For , alas ! while we dream these ...
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12 Engravings 24 Engravings Abbé Anec ANECDOTES Author BARWELL beautiful bird Blockley bloom blossoms breath breeze bright cheerful child CHILDREN cloth coloured Croydon delight ditto dream e'en Eight copies England's shall remain eyes fair Farewell to thee feel flow'ret flowers Foolscap 8vo Frontispiece gentle GEOGRAPHY gone half-bound morocco happy heart Highbury HISTORY hope Illustrated with 24 ISAAC TAYLOR Isle of Wight Islington LESSONS light look lute lyre MAMMA'S BIBLE STORIES meadows green merry England's MIND THOSE VANISH'D Miss morning mortal mountain Muse neath never night o'er Paradise-terrace PARLOUR GAMES pass'd perchance plain poet poor Price Princes-street SCENES sea is merry Second Edition seem'd sigh silent sing Sixth Edition smile song sorrow spirit spring summer breeze SUN AND SHADE sweet Tale tears things thought thro tion trees TURRET CLOCK VIII wind Woodcuts WORLD'S COMPLAINT young
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