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With a Few Introductory Observations George Croly. By foreign hands thy humble
grave adorned , By strangers honoured , and by strangers mourned . What
though no friends in sable weeds appear , Grieve for an hour , perhaps , then
mourn ...
With a Few Introductory Observations George Croly. By foreign hands thy humble
grave adorned , By strangers honoured , and by strangers mourned . What
though no friends in sable weeds appear , Grieve for an hour , perhaps , then
mourn ...
Page 93
Silence and darkness ! solemn sisters ! twins From ancient Night , who nurse the
tender thought To reason , and on reason build resolve , ( That column of true
majesty in man , ) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave , your ...
Silence and darkness ! solemn sisters ! twins From ancient Night , who nurse the
tender thought To reason , and on reason build resolve , ( That column of true
majesty in man , ) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave , your ...
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No withered witch shall here be seen , No goblins lead their nightly crew ; The
female fays shall haunt the green , And dress thy grave with pearly dew ! The
redbreast oft at evening hours , Shall kindly lend his little aid , With hoary moss ,
and ...
No withered witch shall here be seen , No goblins lead their nightly crew ; The
female fays shall haunt the green , And dress thy grave with pearly dew ! The
redbreast oft at evening hours , Shall kindly lend his little aid , With hoary moss ,
and ...
Page 249
The words may not again be said , That he spoke to me , on death - bed laid ;
They would rend this abbaye's massy nave , And pile it in heaps above his grave
, “ I swore to bury his Mighty Book , That never mortal might therein look ; And
never ...
The words may not again be said , That he spoke to me , on death - bed laid ;
They would rend this abbaye's massy nave , And pile it in heaps above his grave
, “ I swore to bury his Mighty Book , That never mortal might therein look ; And
never ...
Page 250
With a Few Introductory Observations George Croly. Yet somewhat was he
chilled with dread , And his hair did bristle upon his head . Lo , warrior ! now the
Cross of Red , Points to the grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a
wonderous light ...
With a Few Introductory Observations George Croly. Yet somewhat was he
chilled with dread , And his hair did bristle upon his head . Lo , warrior ! now the
Cross of Red , Points to the grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a
wonderous light ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Editor | George Croly |
| Publisher | R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside ; and sold by L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1828 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 367 pages |
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