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... soon they all say , ' Such , such were the joys When we all - girls and boys— In our youth - time were seen On the echoing Green . ' Till the little ones , weary , No more can be merry ; The sun does descend , And our sports have an end ...
... soon they all say , ' Such , such were the joys When we all - girls and boys— In our youth - time were seen On the echoing Green . ' Till the little ones , weary , No more can be merry ; The sun does descend , And our sports have an end ...
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... soon or late , Let what will be o'er me ; Give the face of earth around And the road before me . Wealth I seek not , hope nor love , Nor a friend to know me ; All I seek , the heaven above And the road below me . Or let autumn fall on ...
... soon or late , Let what will be o'er me ; Give the face of earth around And the road before me . Wealth I seek not , hope nor love , Nor a friend to know me ; All I seek , the heaven above And the road below me . Or let autumn fall on ...
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19 Let the blow fall soon or late , Let what will be o'er me ; Give the face of earth around , And the road before me . Wealth I ask not , hope nor love , Nor a friend to know me . All I ask , the heaven above , And the road below me ...
19 Let the blow fall soon or late , Let what will be o'er me ; Give the face of earth around , And the road before me . Wealth I ask not , hope nor love , Nor a friend to know me . All I ask , the heaven above , And the road below me ...
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... soon ; Rest , rest , on mother's breast , Father will come to thee soon ; Father will come to his babe in the nest , Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon : Sleep , my little one , sleep , my pretty one , sleep ...
... soon ; Rest , rest , on mother's breast , Father will come to thee soon ; Father will come to his babe in the nest , Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon : Sleep , my little one , sleep , my pretty one , sleep ...
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... soon will come , When thy sleep shall be broken by trumpet and drum ; Then hush thee , my darling , take rest while you may , For strife comes with manhood , and waking with day . Scott , 1815 . 37 A Faery Song ( Sung by the Fairies ...
... soon will come , When thy sleep shall be broken by trumpet and drum ; Then hush thee , my darling , take rest while you may , For strife comes with manhood , and waking with day . Scott , 1815 . 37 A Faery Song ( Sung by the Fairies ...
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A. E. Housman auld auld lang syne beauty beneath birds blow breath bright Burns calm Cassius cloud cold dark dead dear death deep delight doth dread dream earth echoing Green eyes fair Farewell flowers glory grave green hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry Newbolt hill John Anderson king Kirconnell land Laurence Binyon leaves light live lonely Lord loud Lycidas maun Milton mist moon morning never night o'er pain pale peace Plymouth Hoe poem QUINQUEREME rest Ring round seem'd Shakespeare Shelley ship shore silent sing sleep song sorrow soul sound spirit Spring stanza stars stream sweet syne tears thee thine things thou art thought tree True Thomas Twas voice W. B. Yeats W. H. Davies waves weary wild wind wings woods youth