Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... that shady place I unobserved could see the workings of her face ; If nature to her tongue could measured numbers bring , Thus , thought I , to her lamb that little maid might sing : - " What ails thee , young one ? what ? 58 THE PET LAMB .
... that shady place I unobserved could see the workings of her face ; If nature to her tongue could measured numbers bring , Thus , thought I , to her lamb that little maid might sing : - " What ails thee , young one ? what ? 58 THE PET LAMB .
Page 120
... numbers flow For old , unhappy , far - off things , And battles long ago , Or is it some more humble lay , Familiar matter of to - day ? Some natural sorrow , loss , or pain . That has been , and may be again ! Whate'er the theme , the ...
... numbers flow For old , unhappy , far - off things , And battles long ago , Or is it some more humble lay , Familiar matter of to - day ? Some natural sorrow , loss , or pain . That has been , and may be again ! Whate'er the theme , the ...
Page 168
... numbers wild speak- ing , The language alternate of rapture and woe ; O , none but some lover , whose heart - strings are break- ing , The pang that I feel at our parting can know ! Each joy thou couldst double , and when there came ...
... numbers wild speak- ing , The language alternate of rapture and woe ; O , none but some lover , whose heart - strings are break- ing , The pang that I feel at our parting can know ! Each joy thou couldst double , and when there came ...
Page 169
As vain those enchantments , O queen of wild numbers , To a bard when the reign of his fancy is o'er , And the quick pulse of feeling in apathy slumbers ; Farewell , then , enchantress ! I meet thee no more ! - TRUE RICHES . Watts . - I ...
As vain those enchantments , O queen of wild numbers , To a bard when the reign of his fancy is o'er , And the quick pulse of feeling in apathy slumbers ; Farewell , then , enchantress ! I meet thee no more ! - TRUE RICHES . Watts . - I ...
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... numbers , his soul was resigned ; He thought as a sage , though he felt as a man . " Ah ! why thus abandoned to darkness and woe , Why thus , lonely Philomel , flows thy sad strain ? For spring shall return , and a lover bestow , And ...
... numbers , his soul was resigned ; He thought as a sage , though he felt as a man . " Ah ! why thus abandoned to darkness and woe , Why thus , lonely Philomel , flows thy sad strain ? For spring shall return , and a lover bestow , And ...
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