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Page 291
... Spirit IN N the hour of my distress , when When temptations me oppress , And when I my sins confess , Sweet Spirit , comfort me ! When I lie within my bed , Sick in heart and sick in head , And with doubts discomforted , Sweet Spirit ...
... Spirit IN N the hour of my distress , when When temptations me oppress , And when I my sins confess , Sweet Spirit , comfort me ! When I lie within my bed , Sick in heart and sick in head , And with doubts discomforted , Sweet Spirit ...
Page 292
... Spirit , comfort me ! When the tapers now burn blue , And the comforters are few , And that number more than true , Sweet Spirit , comfort me ! When the priest his last hath pray'd , And I nod to what is said , ' Cause my speech is now ...
... Spirit , comfort me ! When the tapers now burn blue , And the comforters are few , And that number more than true , Sweet Spirit , comfort me ! When the priest his last hath pray'd , And I nod to what is said , ' Cause my speech is now ...
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... spirit , this shut scroll I lay my hand on , and not death estranges My spirit from communion of thy song- These memories and these melodies that throng Veil'd porches of a Muse funereal- These I salute , these touch , these clasp and ...
... spirit , this shut scroll I lay my hand on , and not death estranges My spirit from communion of thy song- These memories and these melodies that throng Veil'd porches of a Muse funereal- These I salute , these touch , these clasp and ...
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50 | 73 |
Alexander Montgomerie b 1540 d | 80 |
Fulke Greville Lord Brooke b 1554 | 145 |
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918 Arthur Quiller-Couch,Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch No preview available - 1966 |
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