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... light cliff , strand , and flood : Then , though no hope was mine , yet by degrees Peace in the sea's voice o'er my spirit stole , And , with the wafting of the evening breeze , The Voice of Nature calm'd my troubled soul . SCAW FELL ...
... light cliff , strand , and flood : Then , though no hope was mine , yet by degrees Peace in the sea's voice o'er my spirit stole , And , with the wafting of the evening breeze , The Voice of Nature calm'd my troubled soul . SCAW FELL ...
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... light ; And then , hill and valley leaving , Your sweet notes pass'd out to sea , Reach'd the vessel darkly heaving , To the sailors peace brought ye ; Peace brought ye ! to them recalling Thoughts of cottage , homes and fires , Shadows ...
... light ; And then , hill and valley leaving , Your sweet notes pass'd out to sea , Reach'd the vessel darkly heaving , To the sailors peace brought ye ; Peace brought ye ! to them recalling Thoughts of cottage , homes and fires , Shadows ...
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Greville John Chester. Those rays which on the heaving bay Quiver with paly light , As though the Ocean's lowest depths Were fill'd with beings bright . But ah ! why not ? what men can tell That earth , and air , and sea Are not full ...
Greville John Chester. Those rays which on the heaving bay Quiver with paly light , As though the Ocean's lowest depths Were fill'd with beings bright . But ah ! why not ? what men can tell That earth , and air , and sea Are not full ...
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... light The earth and the ocean plains ; And like the returning moonlight , The thought returns to me Of the friend of my heart who hath passed away , Crossing the double sea . THE EAGLE . SAILING high In the sky , Hovering c 2 THE TWO ...
... light The earth and the ocean plains ; And like the returning moonlight , The thought returns to me Of the friend of my heart who hath passed away , Crossing the double sea . THE EAGLE . SAILING high In the sky , Hovering c 2 THE TWO ...
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... lights of noon That struggle through the old lime trees , And mark the waves of the lagoon Stirred by the mid - day ... light dies on , Thither my spirit longeth to ascend , My soul is ever with the far horizon . And so I left , and ...
... lights of noon That struggle through the old lime trees , And mark the waves of the lagoon Stirred by the mid - day ... light dies on , Thither my spirit longeth to ascend , My soul is ever with the far horizon . And so I left , and ...
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