Fellow TravellersW. Blackwood, 1896 - 378 pages |
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... poem , or paints a good picture , or composes a good - waltz . ” " And that contents you ? " " Sometimes . It leaves room for other things . At the present moment it contents me just to look at your face . " " I thought you despised ...
... poem , or paints a good picture , or composes a good - waltz . ” " And that contents you ? " " Sometimes . It leaves room for other things . At the present moment it contents me just to look at your face . " " I thought you despised ...
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... poem ; no wonder it suggested to Ned the rush of life one feels all around on a glowing day in spring after rain . Her winter had been so long , poor Sturdy ! In her wildest dreams she had prayed only for starry nights and Alpine peaks ...
... poem ; no wonder it suggested to Ned the rush of life one feels all around on a glowing day in spring after rain . Her winter had been so long , poor Sturdy ! In her wildest dreams she had prayed only for starry nights and Alpine peaks ...
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... poems at school . Lucy Gray and We are Seven and the lamb behind . the hedge . " She paused , and continued with em- phasis , " No , I can't think what you see in them . " " Doubtless . So most of the trippers think , I suppose , who ...
... poems at school . Lucy Gray and We are Seven and the lamb behind . the hedge . " She paused , and continued with em- phasis , " No , I can't think what you see in them . " " Doubtless . So most of the trippers think , I suppose , who ...
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... poems in the language ? Possibly ; for , a few minutes later , he began to repeat in a low level voice , — " Five ... poem was at an end . " How lovely ! " she said dreamily . " Your voice and the poem are just like the throb one feels ...
... poems in the language ? Possibly ; for , a few minutes later , he began to repeat in a low level voice , — " Five ... poem was at an end . " How lovely ! " she said dreamily . " Your voice and the poem are just like the throb one feels ...
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... Poems by WALLACE BRUCE . and Enlarged Edition . Crown 8vo , 3s . 6d . New A limited number of Copies of the First Edition , on large hand - made paper , 12s . 6d . Here's a Hand . Addresses and Poems . Crown 8vo , 5s . Large Paper ...
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