Poems, 91. numberMacmillan, 1870 - 143 pages |
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... the regret , the struggle and the failing ! Oh the days desolate and useless years ! Vows in the night , so fierce and unavailing ! Stings of my shame and passion of my tears ! How have I seen in Araby Orion , Seen without 6 SAINT PAUL .
... the regret , the struggle and the failing ! Oh the days desolate and useless years ! Vows in the night , so fierce and unavailing ! Stings of my shame and passion of my tears ! How have I seen in Araby Orion , Seen without 6 SAINT PAUL .
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... night - noise and thunder of the lion , Silence and sounds of the prodigious plain ! How have I knelt with arms of my aspiring Lifted all night in irresponsive air , Dazed and amazed with overmuch desiring , Blank with the utter agony ...
... night - noise and thunder of the lion , Silence and sounds of the prodigious plain ! How have I knelt with arms of my aspiring Lifted all night in irresponsive air , Dazed and amazed with overmuch desiring , Blank with the utter agony ...
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... night of treasonable men ! What was their tale of some one on a summit , Looking , I think , upon the endless sea , - One with a fate , and sworn to overcome it , One who was fettered and who should be free ? Round him a robe , for ...
... night of treasonable men ! What was their tale of some one on a summit , Looking , I think , upon the endless sea , - One with a fate , and sworn to overcome it , One who was fettered and who should be free ? Round him a robe , for ...
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... night with which we cannot cope ? What but look sunward , and with faces golden Speak to each other softly of a hope ? Can it be true , the grace He is declaring ? Oh let us trust Him , for his words are fair ! Man , what is this , and ...
... night with which we cannot cope ? What but look sunward , and with faces golden Speak to each other softly of a hope ? Can it be true , the grace He is declaring ? Oh let us trust Him , for his words are fair ! Man , what is this , and ...
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... night shall Thy renewal be , Lo , for the firmament in spaces splendid Lighteth her beacon - fires ablaze for Thee : Holds them and hides and drowns them and discovers , Throngs them together , kindles them afar , Sheweth , o Love , Thy ...
... night shall Thy renewal be , Lo , for the firmament in spaces splendid Lighteth her beacon - fires ablaze for Thee : Holds them and hides and drowns them and discovers , Throngs them together , kindles them afar , Sheweth , o Love , Thy ...
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