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... heard , and scarcely heard to flow A pleasing land of drowsy - head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half - shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , For ever flushing round a summer sky : There eke the soft ...
... heard , and scarcely heard to flow A pleasing land of drowsy - head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half - shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , For ever flushing round a summer sky : There eke the soft ...
Page 203
... heard , imaginations vain Possess the heart , and fables false as hell , Yet deemed oracular , lure down to death The uninformed and heedless souls of men , We give to chance , blind chance , ourselves as blind , The glory of thy work ...
... heard , imaginations vain Possess the heart , and fables false as hell , Yet deemed oracular , lure down to death The uninformed and heedless souls of men , We give to chance , blind chance , ourselves as blind , The glory of thy work ...
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... heard the shriekings of despair , And many a stifled groan : With speed their upward way they take , Such speed as age and fear can make , And crossed themselves for terror's sake , As hurrying , tottering on : Even in the vesper's ...
... heard the shriekings of despair , And many a stifled groan : With speed their upward way they take , Such speed as age and fear can make , And crossed themselves for terror's sake , As hurrying , tottering on : Even in the vesper's ...
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