The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
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... flowers Fast tying , she would pluck away The reddest leaves , the which she cut To letters with her nails , and put In trueful , wavering lines along The grass , until they made a song . Over and over all the day She sang her little ...
... flowers Fast tying , she would pluck away The reddest leaves , the which she cut To letters with her nails , and put In trueful , wavering lines along The grass , until they made a song . Over and over all the day She sang her little ...
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... flowers singing , As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing , with eager hands and eyes , The beautiful blue damsel - flies , That fluttered round the jasmine stems , Like winged flowers or flying gems : - And , near the boy , who tired ...
... flowers singing , As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing , with eager hands and eyes , The beautiful blue damsel - flies , That fluttered round the jasmine stems , Like winged flowers or flying gems : - And , near the boy , who tired ...
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... flowers to wither at the North - wind's breath , And stars to set - but all , Thou hast all seasons for thine own , O Death ! We know when moons shall wane , When summer - birds from far shall cross the sea , When Autumn's hue shall ...
... flowers to wither at the North - wind's breath , And stars to set - but all , Thou hast all seasons for thine own , O Death ! We know when moons shall wane , When summer - birds from far shall cross the sea , When Autumn's hue shall ...
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