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Page 194
SONG . The gloomy night is gathering fast , Loud roars the wild inconstant blast ,
Yon murky cloud is foul with rain , I see it driving o'er the plain ; The hunter now
has left the moor , The scatter'd coveys meet secure , While here I wander , prest
...
SONG . The gloomy night is gathering fast , Loud roars the wild inconstant blast ,
Yon murky cloud is foul with rain , I see it driving o'er the plain ; The hunter now
has left the moor , The scatter'd coveys meet secure , While here I wander , prest
...
Page 253
So his fame Should share in Nature's immortality , A venerable thing ! and so his
song Should make all Nature lovelier , and itself Be loved like Nature ! But ' twill
not be so ; And youths and maidens most poetical , Who lose the deepening ...
So his fame Should share in Nature's immortality , A venerable thing ! and so his
song Should make all Nature lovelier , and itself Be loved like Nature ! But ' twill
not be so ; And youths and maidens most poetical , Who lose the deepening ...
Page 321
SONG . Fly to the desert , fly with me , Our Arab tents are rude for thee ; But , oh !
the choice what heart can doubt Of tents with love , or thrones without ! Our rocks
are rough , but smiling there The acacia waves her yellow hair , Lonely and ...
SONG . Fly to the desert , fly with me , Our Arab tents are rude for thee ; But , oh !
the choice what heart can doubt Of tents with love , or thrones without ! Our rocks
are rough , but smiling there The acacia waves her yellow hair , Lonely and ...
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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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