Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 2Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
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... earth - born joy grows vile , or disappears , Shrunk to a thing of nought . - Oh ! how he longs To have his passport sign'd , and be dis- miss'd ! ' Tis done ! and now he's happy ! The glad soul Has not a wish uncrown'd . Robert Blair ...
... earth - born joy grows vile , or disappears , Shrunk to a thing of nought . - Oh ! how he longs To have his passport sign'd , and be dis- miss'd ! ' Tis done ! and now he's happy ! The glad soul Has not a wish uncrown'd . Robert Blair ...
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... earth , and ocean smile immense . And now , As if his weary chariot sought the bowers Of Amphitrite , and her tending nymphs , ( So Grecian fable sung ) he dips his orb ; Now half immersed ; and now a golden curve Gives one bright ...
... earth , and ocean smile immense . And now , As if his weary chariot sought the bowers Of Amphitrite , and her tending nymphs , ( So Grecian fable sung ) he dips his orb ; Now half immersed ; and now a golden curve Gives one bright ...
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... Earth's universal face , deep hid , and chill , Is one wide dazzling waste , that buries wide The works of man . Drooping , the labourer- Ox Stands covered o'er with snow , and then demands The fruit of all his toil . The fowls of ...
... Earth's universal face , deep hid , and chill , Is one wide dazzling waste , that buries wide The works of man . Drooping , the labourer- Ox Stands covered o'er with snow , and then demands The fruit of all his toil . The fowls of ...
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... Earth this grateful change revolves , With transport touches all the springs of life . Nature , attend ! join every living soul , Beneath the spacious temple of the sky , In adoration join ; and , ardent , raise One general song ! To ...
... Earth this grateful change revolves , With transport touches all the springs of life . Nature , attend ! join every living soul , Beneath the spacious temple of the sky , In adoration join ; and , ardent , raise One general song ! To ...
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... earth ! all that my soul holds dear : Take that best gift which heaven so lately gave : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to taste the wave , And died ! Does youth , does beauty , read the line ...
... earth ! all that my soul holds dear : Take that best gift which heaven so lately gave : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to taste the wave , And died ! Does youth , does beauty , read the line ...
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