Lyrics on Life. By Frederic W. FarrarMacmillan and Company, 1859 - 165 pages |
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... hath bared its breast to the thunder's shock And the storm - wind's maddening glee , Hath learnt at the levin's flash to mock And the foam of the baffled sea , And shelters the nests of the sea - birds flock In the clefts of the ...
... hath bared its breast to the thunder's shock And the storm - wind's maddening glee , Hath learnt at the levin's flash to mock And the foam of the baffled sea , And shelters the nests of the sea - birds flock In the clefts of the ...
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... hath passed away , With the clear and bracing clime , And the pure and happy day : And the sea still laughs to the rosy shells ashore , And the shore still shines in the lustre of the wave , But the innocence and beauty of the boyish ...
... hath passed away , With the clear and bracing clime , And the pure and happy day : And the sea still laughs to the rosy shells ashore , And the shore still shines in the lustre of the wave , But the innocence and beauty of the boyish ...
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... Hath torture still , ) — Think , Cyril , if your foot Slipped on this glenside slope , and down you went , Right down , to the stream in the valley , —only What a romantic epitaph we two Would write you , Reggy here and I. ' But he ...
... Hath torture still , ) — Think , Cyril , if your foot Slipped on this glenside slope , and down you went , Right down , to the stream in the valley , —only What a romantic epitaph we two Would write you , Reggy here and I. ' But he ...
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... ! many a gentle playmate Hath sported with us there , Fair boys with sunny foreheads , Fair girls of tender beauty , With cheeks of dimpled roses And shining silken hair ; And still those little playmates 40 A Dream in the Garden .
... ! many a gentle playmate Hath sported with us there , Fair boys with sunny foreheads , Fair girls of tender beauty , With cheeks of dimpled roses And shining silken hair ; And still those little playmates 40 A Dream in the Garden .
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... seethe of hissing foam , Mid shrieks of horror ' But the halcyon wing • • Youth's halcyon wing , hath lulled the charmèd wave To argent mirrors for her radiant plumes ; See ! -shall the dotards bid us stand at home Temptation . 47.
... seethe of hissing foam , Mid shrieks of horror ' But the halcyon wing • • Youth's halcyon wing , hath lulled the charmèd wave To argent mirrors for her radiant plumes ; See ! -shall the dotards bid us stand at home Temptation . 47.
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