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... TRUTH . O How much more doth beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which truth doth give ! The rose looks fair , but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live . The canker - blooms have full as deep a dye As ...
... TRUTH . O How much more doth beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which truth doth give ! The rose looks fair , but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live . The canker - blooms have full as deep a dye As ...
Page 107
... truth or lie . Hence have I genial seasons , hence have I Smooth passions , smooth discourse , and joyous thought ; And thus from day to day my little boat Rocks in its harbour , lodging peaceably . Blessings be with them - and eternal ...
... truth or lie . Hence have I genial seasons , hence have I Smooth passions , smooth discourse , and joyous thought ; And thus from day to day my little boat Rocks in its harbour , lodging peaceably . Blessings be with them - and eternal ...
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... truth of nature ; the cold valley - fountain is the letter of the law , called a cool well in the hundred and fifty - fourth sonnet ; and truth we all know is said to be at the bottom of a well ! " Readers who prefer taking a less ...
... truth of nature ; the cold valley - fountain is the letter of the law , called a cool well in the hundred and fifty - fourth sonnet ; and truth we all know is said to be at the bottom of a well ! " Readers who prefer taking a less ...
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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