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... breathing tone , And we judged other hearts by the warmth of our own . They are gone , with their impulses ardent and strong , And all the wild thoughts that to girlhood belong ; They are gone , with the tears that were dried as they ...
... breathing tone , And we judged other hearts by the warmth of our own . They are gone , with their impulses ardent and strong , And all the wild thoughts that to girlhood belong ; They are gone , with the tears that were dried as they ...
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... breath of the living is hush'd in its woe , And the footstep of Sorrow is noiseless and slow ; II . And the mourners are dress'd in their garments of black , And will walk two and two in the funeral track , While a proud plume of ...
... breath of the living is hush'd in its woe , And the footstep of Sorrow is noiseless and slow ; II . And the mourners are dress'd in their garments of black , And will walk two and two in the funeral track , While a proud plume of ...
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... breath of that rising flame ; And as forth they went , each seem'd to flee In search of some kindred fantasy , That it knew was coming , warm and bright , From another heart to hers that night . The rose and the jessamine clustering ...
... breath of that rising flame ; And as forth they went , each seem'd to flee In search of some kindred fantasy , That it knew was coming , warm and bright , From another heart to hers that night . The rose and the jessamine clustering ...
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... breathing , Where others catch no distant sound ; Bright fairy forms around us wreathing , And plenty in the barren ground . IX . " For I've a charm , that once bestowing , Must every future moment bless , And all around your path be ...
... breathing , Where others catch no distant sound ; Bright fairy forms around us wreathing , And plenty in the barren ground . IX . " For I've a charm , that once bestowing , Must every future moment bless , And all around your path be ...
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... breath away , And view'd them falling scatter'd far and wide , We little thought how like to them one day , We should be sever'd from each other's side . IV . Some wafted onward , flourish'd where they fell , Like those who help'd them ...
... breath away , And view'd them falling scatter'd far and wide , We little thought how like to them one day , We should be sever'd from each other's side . IV . Some wafted onward , flourish'd where they fell , Like those who help'd them ...
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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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