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... fair from fair sometime declines , By chance , or nature's changing course , untrimmed ; But thy eternal summer shall not fade , Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest ; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade , When in ...
... fair from fair sometime declines , By chance , or nature's changing course , untrimmed ; But thy eternal summer shall not fade , Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest ; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade , When in ...
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... fair Friend , you never can be old , For as you were when first your eye I eyed , Such seems your beauty still . Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers ' pride , Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turned , In ...
... fair Friend , you never can be old , For as you were when first your eye I eyed , Such seems your beauty still . Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers ' pride , Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turned , In ...
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... fair Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind ! FAIR maid , had I not heard thy baby cries . Farewell ! thou art too dear for my possessing . Far from the sight of earth , yet bright and plain . Flowers ! when the Saviour's calm benignant ...
... fair Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind ! FAIR maid , had I not heard thy baby cries . Farewell ! thou art too dear for my possessing . Far from the sight of earth , yet bright and plain . Flowers ! when the Saviour's calm benignant ...
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beauty behold bird breath bright charm dark DAVID GRAY dear death delight divine dost doth dream earth EDMUND SPENSER ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English Sonnets eternal eyes fade fair Faith fame fear feel flowers friends glory grace grief happy HARTLEY COLERIDGE hast hath heart heaven heavenly HEMANS HENRY CONSTABLE honour hope JOHN KEATS JOHN KEBLE JOHN MILTON JULIAN FANE Lady language light live look Lord love thee Love's Massey's mind Mistress morn Muse never night o'er passion Petrarch pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry praise pray SAMUEL DANIEL Shakespeare shine sight silent sing sleep song sonnet writer sorrow soul sound SPEARE spirit SURREY sweet tears thine things THOMAS WARTON thou art thought toil verse voice weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE WILLIAM DRUMMOND WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES WILLIAM SHAKE WILLIAM WORDS Wordsworth WORTH youth