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... touches ne'er touched earthly faces . ' So should my papers , yellowed with their age , Be scorned , like old men of less truth than tongue ; And your true rights be termed a poet's rage And stretched metre of an antique song : But were ...
... touches ne'er touched earthly faces . ' So should my papers , yellowed with their age , Be scorned , like old men of less truth than tongue ; And your true rights be termed a poet's rage And stretched metre of an antique song : But were ...
Page 134
... touches sweetest tones reply ; — Still humbleness with her low - breathèd voice Can steal o'er man's proud heart , and win his choice From earth to heaven , with mightier witchery Than eloquence or wisdom e'er could own . Bloom on then ...
... touches sweetest tones reply ; — Still humbleness with her low - breathèd voice Can steal o'er man's proud heart , and win his choice From earth to heaven , with mightier witchery Than eloquence or wisdom e'er could own . Bloom on then ...
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... touches of nobler sentiments which abound in this long series of sonnets . " Hallam . " " " A poet's story differs from a narrative in being in itself a creation . It brings its own facts with it . What we have to ask is not the true ...
... touches of nobler sentiments which abound in this long series of sonnets . " Hallam . " " " A poet's story differs from a narrative in being in itself a creation . It brings its own facts with it . What we have to ask is not the true ...
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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