The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to BayleySamuel Carter Hall H. G. Bohn, 1846 - English poetry |
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... face . And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height , Her virgin bosom swell ; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give , While she and I together live Here in this happy dell . " Thus Nature spake , -the work was done ...
... face . And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height , Her virgin bosom swell ; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give , While she and I together live Here in this happy dell . " Thus Nature spake , -the work was done ...
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... face - the upper lip of Grecian shortness , and the corners descending ; the lips full and finely cut : his chin is large and well shaped ; his face is peculiarly pale . " She adds , that , " although slightly lame , the deformity of ...
... face - the upper lip of Grecian shortness , and the corners descending ; the lips full and finely cut : his chin is large and well shaped ; his face is peculiarly pale . " She adds , that , " although slightly lame , the deformity of ...
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... face on earth- And that was shining on him : he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away : He had no breath , no being , but in hers : She was his voice ; —he did not speak to her , But trembled on her words : she was his sight ...
... face on earth- And that was shining on him : he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away : He had no breath , no being , but in hers : She was his voice ; —he did not speak to her , But trembled on her words : she was his sight ...
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... face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced , and then it faded as it came : He dropped the hand he held , and with slow steps Retired , but not as bidding her adieu ; For they did part with mutual smiles : he pass'd From out the ...
... face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced , and then it faded as it came : He dropped the hand he held , and with slow steps Retired , but not as bidding her adieu ; For they did part with mutual smiles : he pass'd From out the ...
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... face there was the tint of grief , The settled shadow of an inward strife , And an unquiet drooping of the eye , As if its lid were charged with unshed tears . What could her grief be ? —she had all she loved : And he who had so loved ...
... face there was the tint of grief , The settled shadow of an inward strife , And an unquiet drooping of the eye , As if its lid were charged with unshed tears . What could her grief be ? —she had all she loved : And he who had so loved ...
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