The Book of Restoration VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite Brentano's, 1910 - 864 pages |
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... never wished them ill ; Nor do I for all this , nor will : But , if my simple prayers may yet Prevail with Heaven to forget Thy murder , I will join my tears , Rather than fail . It cannot die so . But , O my fears ! Heaven's king Keeps ...
... never wished them ill ; Nor do I for all this , nor will : But , if my simple prayers may yet Prevail with Heaven to forget Thy murder , I will join my tears , Rather than fail . It cannot die so . But , O my fears ! Heaven's king Keeps ...
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... never meet . Therefore the love which us doth bind , But Fate so enviously debars , Is the conjunction of the mind , And opposition of the stars . A. Marvell Love in Thy Youth OVE in thy youth , fair maid ; be wise Old Time will make ...
... never meet . Therefore the love which us doth bind , But Fate so enviously debars , Is the conjunction of the mind , And opposition of the stars . A. Marvell Love in Thy Youth OVE in thy youth , fair maid ; be wise Old Time will make ...
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... never tell my humble tale , In sounds that will prevail , Nor gentle thoughts in her inspire ; All thy vain mirth lay by , Bid thy strings silent lie , Sleep , sleep again , my Lyre , and let thy Master die . A. Cowley 34 . Celia ...
... never tell my humble tale , In sounds that will prevail , Nor gentle thoughts in her inspire ; All thy vain mirth lay by , Bid thy strings silent lie , Sleep , sleep again , my Lyre , and let thy Master die . A. Cowley 34 . Celia ...
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... never find my home . A. Marvell 38 . A Mock Song IS true I never was in love ; ' TIS But now I mean to be , For there's no art Can shield a heart From love's supremacy . Though in my nonage I have seen A world of taking faces , I had ...
... never find my home . A. Marvell 38 . A Mock Song IS true I never was in love ; ' TIS But now I mean to be , For there's no art Can shield a heart From love's supremacy . Though in my nonage I have seen A world of taking faces , I had ...
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William Stanley Braithwaite. That though I never was in love , Nor never meant to be , Thyself and parts Above my arts Have drawn my heart to thee . A. Brome 39 . The Kiss WHEN on thy lip my soul I breathe , Which there meets thine ...
William Stanley Braithwaite. That though I never was in love , Nor never meant to be , Thyself and parts Above my arts Have drawn my heart to thee . A. Brome 39 . The Kiss WHEN on thy lip my soul I breathe , Which there meets thine ...
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