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ARISTOPHANES bough bower breast breath bright brood CHRISTINA G cloud crow cuckoo D. G. ROSSETTI dark dead DEATH OF JASON delight dost doth dream eagle earth ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eyes FAERIE QUEENE fair feathers flit flowers glad golden grass green grove happy Hark hast hath hear heard heart heaven hill Jackdaw JEAN INGELOW JOHN HOOKHAM FRERE lark leaves LEWIS MORRIS light listen little birds Lord loud mate melody merry moon morning nest night nightingale o'er poet raven ring Robin rooks rose round S. T. COLERIDGE sang sea-gulls SHAKESPEARE shrill silent sing sleep soar soft song sorrow soul sound spray spring strain summer swallow swan sweet SYDNEY DOBELL thee thine things thou thought thrush thy garden tree voice wake warbling wild WILLIAM MORRIS wind wings woods wren's nest
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Page 304 - And his burning plumes outspread, Leaps on the back of my sailing rack, ' When the morning star shines dead ; As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake rocks and swings, An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings. And when Sunset may breathe, from the lit...