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... eyes , I'm more inclined to spit than sing At sound of thy harsh sputtering . ' The Owl abode till it grew late . Eve came , she could no longer wait ; Her heart began to swell and strain 25 30 35 That thou art loathsome and unclean ...
... eyes , I'm more inclined to spit than sing At sound of thy harsh sputtering . ' The Owl abode till it grew late . Eve came , she could no longer wait ; Her heart began to swell and strain 25 30 35 That thou art loathsome and unclean ...
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... eyes so large and good In her own speech to sing . And I - I live in love longing With blissful brows beneath her hood , He that once hung upon the Rood Her life holds in honour . For one most fair of everything . Blow , Northern Wind ...
... eyes so large and good In her own speech to sing . And I - I live in love longing With blissful brows beneath her hood , He that once hung upon the Rood Her life holds in honour . For one most fair of everything . Blow , Northern Wind ...
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... eyes ; but we shall let tasting alone until we speak of your food , and treat , at present , of speaking , and thereafter of hear- 45 and in confession shew him , if he will hear you , ing , of both in common , in some measure , as they ...
... eyes ; but we shall let tasting alone until we speak of your food , and treat , at present , of speaking , and thereafter of hear- 45 and in confession shew him , if he will hear you , ing , of both in common , in some measure , as they ...
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... eyes of grey , Her crown of orient pearl replaced , And grave and slow did sweetly say : - " Sir , you mistake and speak in haste To say your pearl is all away ; In coffer is it safely placed , Shut safe within this garden gay , To ...
... eyes of grey , Her crown of orient pearl replaced , And grave and slow did sweetly say : - " Sir , you mistake and speak in haste To say your pearl is all away ; In coffer is it safely placed , Shut safe within this garden gay , To ...
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... eyes , Which wonted were to gaze apace ; For every glass may now suffice , To shew the furrows in my face : With lullaby then wink awhile , With lullaby your looks beguile : Let no fair face , nor beauty bright , Entice you eft1 with ...
... eyes , Which wonted were to gaze apace ; For every glass may now suffice , To shew the furrows in my face : With lullaby then wink awhile , With lullaby your looks beguile : Let no fair face , nor beauty bright , Entice you eft1 with ...
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Allan-a-Dale Bargrave battle beauty behold Beowulf Binnorie Boethius breast breath called dark dead dear death delight doth dread Duke of Bedford earth England English eyes fair father fear fire flowers glory grace hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven holy honour hour king King Arthur lady land Layamon learning leave light live look Lord mind morning nature never night noble o'er pain pass pleasure poem poet poor praise pray pride prince quoth rich round Saladin Shakespeare sigh sight sing Sir Bedivere Sir Ector Sir Kay Sir Lucan Sir Mordred sleep song sorrow soul spirit sweet sword tears tell thee thine things thou art thought Timor Mortis conturbat tion Twas unto Veal ween weep wind wise words youth
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Page 429 - Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, 'Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 511 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.— But hark!
Page 306 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 483 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou...
Page 462 - O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd isle. 180 O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, That stream'd thro...
Page 519 - Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy ! O, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
Page 520 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.
Page 536 - No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.
Page 480 - To live beneath your more habitual sway. I love the Brooks which down their channels fret, Even more than when I tripped lightly as they ; The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet ; The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Page 164 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...