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... when they saw her lie In the stream of life that wandered by . And she heard a song , she heard it sung , She kenned not where ; but sae sweetly it rung , It fell on the ear like a dream of the morn : ' O , blest be the day ...
... when they saw her lie In the stream of life that wandered by . And she heard a song , she heard it sung , She kenned not where ; but sae sweetly it rung , It fell on the ear like a dream of the morn : ' O , blest be the day ...
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But soon I heard the dash of oars , I heard the Pilot's cheer ; My head was turned perforce away , And I saw a boat appear . The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men ...
But soon I heard the dash of oars , I heard the Pilot's cheer ; My head was turned perforce away , And I saw a boat appear . The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men ...
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IV That ancient Beadsman heard the prelude soft ; And so it chanc'd , for many a door was wide , From hurry to and fro . Soon , up aloft , The silver , snarling trumpets ' gan to chide : The level chambers , ready with their pride ...
IV That ancient Beadsman heard the prelude soft ; And so it chanc'd , for many a door was wide , From hurry to and fro . Soon , up aloft , The silver , snarling trumpets ' gan to chide : The level chambers , ready with their pride ...
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Contents
CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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| Title | The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to Keats Volume 2 of The Oxford Library of English Poetry, John Wain |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192122460, 9780192122469 |
| Length | 511 pages |
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