The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson |
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Page 174
... rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds : pleasant the sun , When first on this delightful land he spreads His ... rise ; Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession , and extinguish life In Nature and all things ...
... rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds : pleasant the sun , When first on this delightful land he spreads His ... rise ; Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession , and extinguish life In Nature and all things ...
Page 303
... Rise in the grove , before the altar rise , Stain all my soul , and wanton in my eyes . 265 I waste the matin lamp in sighs for thee , Thy image steals between my God and me , Thy voice I seem in ev'ry hymn to hear , With ev'ry bead I ...
... Rise in the grove , before the altar rise , Stain all my soul , and wanton in my eyes . 265 I waste the matin lamp in sighs for thee , Thy image steals between my God and me , Thy voice I seem in ev'ry hymn to hear , With ev'ry bead I ...
Page 353
... rise from generation free : Then what have I to do with thee ? The sexes sprung from shame and pride , Blowed in the morn ; in evening died ; But Mercy changed Death into Sleep ; The sexes rose to work and weep . 10 Ah ! then at times I ...
... rise from generation free : Then what have I to do with thee ? The sexes sprung from shame and pride , Blowed in the morn ; in evening died ; But Mercy changed Death into Sleep ; The sexes rose to work and weep . 10 Ah ! then at times I ...
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