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Yet once more , O ye Laurels , and once more , Ye Myrtles brown , with Ivy never
sere , I come to pluck your berries , harsh and crude , And with forced fingers
rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year . Bitter constraint , and sad ...
Yet once more , O ye Laurels , and once more , Ye Myrtles brown , with Ivy never
sere , I come to pluck your berries , harsh and crude , And with forced fingers
rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year . Bitter constraint , and sad ...
Page 99
So peaceful rests , without a stone , a name , What once had beauty , titles ,
wealth , and fame . How loved , how honoured once , avails thee not , To whom
related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee , ' Tis all thou
art ...
So peaceful rests , without a stone , a name , What once had beauty , titles ,
wealth , and fame . How loved , how honoured once , avails thee not , To whom
related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee , ' Tis all thou
art ...
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Thy needles , once a shining store , For my sake restless heretofore , Now rust
disused , and shine no more ; My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The
same kind office for me still , Thy sight now seconds not thy will , My Mary ! But
well ...
Thy needles , once a shining store , For my sake restless heretofore , Now rust
disused , and shine no more ; My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The
same kind office for me still , Thy sight now seconds not thy will , My Mary ! But
well ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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