Lyrics on Life. By Frederic W. FarrarMacmillan and Company, 1859 - 165 pages |
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... purple summer , and the golden wane , Spring , garland - crowned , and winter , silvery - carred . Spring , a gay child , with many - sprinkled plumes , And cheeks of roseate apple , like a Love's ; Fanned with soft winnowing of gem ...
... purple summer , and the golden wane , Spring , garland - crowned , and winter , silvery - carred . Spring , a gay child , with many - sprinkled plumes , And cheeks of roseate apple , like a Love's ; Fanned with soft winnowing of gem ...
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... purple- shadow'd sea ; And sometimes dip her ivory foot amid the dewy gold , Along the ribbed and yellow sands in rippling laughter rolled ; Or with the sea - bird splash her wing amid the sunny blue , Or with the bounding dolphin dart ...
... purple- shadow'd sea ; And sometimes dip her ivory foot amid the dewy gold , Along the ribbed and yellow sands in rippling laughter rolled ; Or with the sea - bird splash her wing amid the sunny blue , Or with the bounding dolphin dart ...
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... purple poppy droopeth , petal - dimmed , Stem - broken with the riches of its dew , So Cyril drooped , —and with an angel smile Half - hovering on his gentle parted lips , So Cyril died . I dare not think of it Nor write , for the tears ...
... purple poppy droopeth , petal - dimmed , Stem - broken with the riches of its dew , So Cyril drooped , —and with an angel smile Half - hovering on his gentle parted lips , So Cyril died . I dare not think of it Nor write , for the tears ...
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... purple petals Of flowerets fully blown ; As flies the violet - gleaming From proudly - blazoned windows , The crimson - burning shadows On carved cathedral stone ; As floats the silvery cloudlet All radiant and alone , Along the deep ...
... purple petals Of flowerets fully blown ; As flies the violet - gleaming From proudly - blazoned windows , The crimson - burning shadows On carved cathedral stone ; As floats the silvery cloudlet All radiant and alone , Along the deep ...
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... purple west . We knew that it was perilous and wrong To trespass o'er the waters , -long ago Forbidden ; and ourselves had often seen Fair barques that ventured thither hurled ashore On the rough ledges of the shattering rocks , Through ...
... purple west . We knew that it was perilous and wrong To trespass o'er the waters , -long ago Forbidden ; and ourselves had often seen Fair barques that ventured thither hurled ashore On the rough ledges of the shattering rocks , Through ...
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