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... nigh I wander to their blazing way . High in the air , So thin and rare , I mock the sun with flapping wings ; Lone , desolate , I hold my state , Looking down on all earthly things . CLAUDE AND LILIAN . LILIAN . O ! STAY and THE EAGLE .
... nigh I wander to their blazing way . High in the air , So thin and rare , I mock the sun with flapping wings ; Lone , desolate , I hold my state , Looking down on all earthly things . CLAUDE AND LILIAN . LILIAN . O ! STAY and THE EAGLE .
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... heart beat high , for in the sea That infinite my soul so craved was given , Alone , of things below , supremely free , The ocean minds us of the expanse of heaven . OH , PRAY FOR THOSE AT SEA ! THE wind CLAUDE AND LILIAN . 23.
... heart beat high , for in the sea That infinite my soul so craved was given , Alone , of things below , supremely free , The ocean minds us of the expanse of heaven . OH , PRAY FOR THOSE AT SEA ! THE wind CLAUDE AND LILIAN . 23.
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... things like these , at any time May touch the human heart's mysterious springs , As winds in concert to no earthly rhyme Will wake wild music on opposing strings . ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND . I WATCH'D the OLD ASSOCIATIONS.
... things like these , at any time May touch the human heart's mysterious springs , As winds in concert to no earthly rhyme Will wake wild music on opposing strings . ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND . I WATCH'D the OLD ASSOCIATIONS.
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... thing so white lay in the depths below : Long , long I linger'd that the leaves might sunder Which waved , and waved for ever to and fro : Long , long I linger'd , then the sea - weeds sway'd , Moved by the surge ; oh , sad the sight ...
... thing so white lay in the depths below : Long , long I linger'd that the leaves might sunder Which waved , and waved for ever to and fro : Long , long I linger'd , then the sea - weeds sway'd , Moved by the surge ; oh , sad the sight ...
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... things again shall live , - New things arising all the while . Welcome , as that kind spray of green Brought by the dove to father Noah , The Aconite by me is seen , Proclaiming that the worst is o'er . To those who , coop'd within the ...
... things again shall live , - New things arising all the while . Welcome , as that kind spray of green Brought by the dove to father Noah , The Aconite by me is seen , Proclaiming that the worst is o'er . To those who , coop'd within the ...
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