The Book of Restoration VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite Brentano's, 1910 - 864 pages |
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Page 14
... shade Does prudently their toils upbraid ; While all the flowers and trees do close , To weave the garlands of repose ! Fair Quiet , have I found thee here , And Innocence , thy sister dear ? Mistaken long , I sought you then In busy ...
... shade Does prudently their toils upbraid ; While all the flowers and trees do close , To weave the garlands of repose ! Fair Quiet , have I found thee here , And Innocence , thy sister dear ? Mistaken long , I sought you then In busy ...
Page 15
... shade . Here at the fountain's sliding foot , Or at some fruit - tree's mossy root , Casting the body's vest aside , My soul into the boughs does slide : There , like a bird , it sits and sings , 10 . Then whets and combs its silver ...
... shade . Here at the fountain's sliding foot , Or at some fruit - tree's mossy root , Casting the body's vest aside , My soul into the boughs does slide : There , like a bird , it sits and sings , 10 . Then whets and combs its silver ...
Page 19
... shade . Meantime , whilst every verdant thing Itself does at thy beauty charm , Reform the errors of the spring ; Make that the tulips may have share Of sweetness , seeing they are fair ; And roses of their thorns disarm ; But most ...
... shade . Meantime , whilst every verdant thing Itself does at thy beauty charm , Reform the errors of the spring ; Make that the tulips may have share Of sweetness , seeing they are fair ; And roses of their thorns disarm ; But most ...
Page 20
... shade her from the moonshine bright ; And gnats do sing for her delight . The whilst the bat doth fly about To keep in order all the rout . She on a dewy leaf doth bathe , And as she sits the leaf doth wave : Like a new fallen flake of ...
... shade her from the moonshine bright ; And gnats do sing for her delight . The whilst the bat doth fly about To keep in order all the rout . She on a dewy leaf doth bathe , And as she sits the leaf doth wave : Like a new fallen flake of ...
Page 26
... shade , It like a bank of lilies laid . Upon the roses it would feed , Until its lips e'en seem to bleed And then to me ' twould boldly trip , And print there roses on my lip , But all its chief delight was still On roses thus itself to ...
... shade , It like a bank of lilies laid . Upon the roses it would feed , Until its lips e'en seem to bleed And then to me ' twould boldly trip , And print there roses on my lip , But all its chief delight was still On roses thus itself to ...
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