Lyrics on Life. By Frederic W. FarrarMacmillan and Company, 1859 - 165 pages |
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... gloom be starry - sprinkled with a lustre manifold : Ere the sunny garden alter to a dank and ragged wold , Ere the mildew blight the corn - ear , ere the fruit be white with mould ; Give , oh give , if for one moment , give the flowers ...
... gloom be starry - sprinkled with a lustre manifold : Ere the sunny garden alter to a dank and ragged wold , Ere the mildew blight the corn - ear , ere the fruit be white with mould ; Give , oh give , if for one moment , give the flowers ...
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... gloom That hung athwart the thunder - threatening west . And horror fell upon our hearts ! —But hark ! . A voice across the waters , and the gleam Of white robes , and a foot upon the waves ! NECESSITY . HE wandered by the lonely sea ...
... gloom That hung athwart the thunder - threatening west . And horror fell upon our hearts ! —But hark ! . A voice across the waters , and the gleam Of white robes , and a foot upon the waves ! NECESSITY . HE wandered by the lonely sea ...
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... And a light came down on his stormy fears , For a time - but the light grew dim , - And now through the gloom of the pitiless years , What hope , what hope for him ? HORROR OVERCOME . I HAD a dream , a hideous Necessity . 53.
... And a light came down on his stormy fears , For a time - but the light grew dim , - And now through the gloom of the pitiless years , What hope , what hope for him ? HORROR OVERCOME . I HAD a dream , a hideous Necessity . 53.
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... gloom , Or fluting wind or sunny gleam , Or even's blush or floweret's bloom , For round his heart in many a coil The lurking sorrows hissed and twined , And withering lay with grief and toil The faded blossom of his mind . But when he ...
... gloom , Or fluting wind or sunny gleam , Or even's blush or floweret's bloom , For round his heart in many a coil The lurking sorrows hissed and twined , And withering lay with grief and toil The faded blossom of his mind . But when he ...
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... on trodden ways Her coronal . Within , the warm , the softened glow Of fire and lamplight cheer the room , And crimson shadows ebb and flow Amid the gloom . Alone beside my hearth I sit , And quaff unblamed [ 133 ] Perfect Peace.
... on trodden ways Her coronal . Within , the warm , the softened glow Of fire and lamplight cheer the room , And crimson shadows ebb and flow Amid the gloom . Alone beside my hearth I sit , And quaff unblamed [ 133 ] Perfect Peace.
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