Lyrics on Life. By Frederic W. FarrarMacmillan and Company, 1859 - 165 pages |
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... thousand emeralds ! How the tall linden lifts in the purple sky The honeyed fragrance of its golden flowers Heavy with dew - drops - for six burning days The sun with crimson majesty of heat Had smitten the faint world , but yesternight ...
... thousand emeralds ! How the tall linden lifts in the purple sky The honeyed fragrance of its golden flowers Heavy with dew - drops - for six burning days The sun with crimson majesty of heat Had smitten the faint world , but yesternight ...
Page 80
... thousand times ( O angel message from an angel - mouth ! ) Had softly , sweetly whispered that she loved ? Beautiful Memory ! blessedly dost thou Retouch the fading picture of the past And call the things that are not into life . Ethel ...
... thousand times ( O angel message from an angel - mouth ! ) Had softly , sweetly whispered that she loved ? Beautiful Memory ! blessedly dost thou Retouch the fading picture of the past And call the things that are not into life . Ethel ...
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... thousand flowers besides Gushed into crimson streams , or through the grass Meandered in a broidery of blue . And she was holding in her lily hand A tiny garland of the gathered buds , And one she dropped in passing : with quick hand I ...
... thousand flowers besides Gushed into crimson streams , or through the grass Meandered in a broidery of blue . And she was holding in her lily hand A tiny garland of the gathered buds , And one she dropped in passing : with quick hand I ...
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... thousand thousand angel - forms with blessings floated by . PERFECT PEACE . A SILVER evening clear and chill ; 132 A Memory of the Troth .
... thousand thousand angel - forms with blessings floated by . PERFECT PEACE . A SILVER evening clear and chill ; 132 A Memory of the Troth .
Page 134
... thousand blessings o'er me bend , Like Eden - doves of softest plume ; — Ne'er did Life's hues more richly blend , More richly bloom . I thank Thee , Father ! Ah , I know The starry lights must fade away ; But I will thank Thee ere they ...
... thousand blessings o'er me bend , Like Eden - doves of softest plume ; — Ne'er did Life's hues more richly blend , More richly bloom . I thank Thee , Father ! Ah , I know The starry lights must fade away ; But I will thank Thee ere they ...
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