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... hand at pleasure guide , Lest , trembling , it his workmanship should spill , Yet many wondrous things there are beside ; The sweet eye - glances that like arrows glide ; The charming smiles that rob sense from the heart ; The lovely ...
... hand at pleasure guide , Lest , trembling , it his workmanship should spill , Yet many wondrous things there are beside ; The sweet eye - glances that like arrows glide ; The charming smiles that rob sense from the heart ; The lovely ...
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... hand , But came the tide and made my pains his prey . Vain man ! said she , that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize ; For I myself shall like to this decay , And eke my name be wipèd out likewise . Not so , quoth I ...
... hand , But came the tide and made my pains his prey . Vain man ! said she , that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize ; For I myself shall like to this decay , And eke my name be wipèd out likewise . Not so , quoth I ...
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... hands more fatally Because more warmly clasped , and sobs are free What do you say , To come instead of songs . Sweet counsellors , dear friends ? that I should go Back straightway to the fields and gather more ? Another , sooth , may ...
... hands more fatally Because more warmly clasped , and sobs are free What do you say , To come instead of songs . Sweet counsellors , dear friends ? that I should go Back straightway to the fields and gather more ? Another , sooth , may ...
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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