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... light are , however , lacking to them , and the same may be said of his really graceful verses " To Love " - In all I wish , how happy should I be , Thou grand Deluder , were it not for thee ! So weak thou art , that fools thy power ...
... light are , however , lacking to them , and the same may be said of his really graceful verses " To Love " - In all I wish , how happy should I be , Thou grand Deluder , were it not for thee ! So weak thou art , that fools thy power ...
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... light is light , if Silvia be not seen ? " William Shakespeare 169 CXLVI " I never drank of Aganippe well " CXLVII " To thy lover " Sir Philip Sidney 169 Richard Crashaw CXLVIII To Electra ( " I dare not ask a kiss " ) CXLIX . " Echo ...
... light is light , if Silvia be not seen ? " William Shakespeare 169 CXLVI " I never drank of Aganippe well " CXLVII " To thy lover " Sir Philip Sidney 169 Richard Crashaw CXLVIII To Electra ( " I dare not ask a kiss " ) CXLIX . " Echo ...
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... light is thy fame ; I hear thy name spoken , And share in its shame . They name thee before me , A knell to mine ear ; A shudder comes o'er me- Why wert thou so dear ? They knew not I knew thee , Who knew thee too well : Long , long ...
... light is thy fame ; I hear thy name spoken , And share in its shame . They name thee before me , A knell to mine ear ; A shudder comes o'er me- Why wert thou so dear ? They knew not I knew thee , Who knew thee too well : Long , long ...
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... light Must I be comforted , not in his sphere . The ambition in my love thus plagues itself : The hind , that would be mated with the lion , Must die for love . ' Twas pretty , though a plague , To see him every hour ; to sit and draw ...
... light Must I be comforted , not in his sphere . The ambition in my love thus plagues itself : The hind , that would be mated with the lion , Must die for love . ' Twas pretty , though a plague , To see him every hour ; to sit and draw ...
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... light and life , Was my sweet Highland Mary . Wi ' mony a vow , and lock'd embrace , Our parting was fu ' tender ; And pledging aft to meet again We tore oursels asunder ; But oh ! fell death's untimely frost , That nipt my flower sae ...
... light and life , Was my sweet Highland Mary . Wi ' mony a vow , and lock'd embrace , Our parting was fu ' tender ; And pledging aft to meet again We tore oursels asunder ; But oh ! fell death's untimely frost , That nipt my flower sae ...
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Airly Beacon Annie awake beauty bird Birks of Aberfeldy bonny lassie bosom braes breast breath bright cheek CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI COVENTRY PATMORE delight doth dream earth EDMUND SPENSER eyes F. T. PALGRAVE fair Annie flame flowers forget frae gaze golden grace gray grief hair hand happy hath heart heaven kirk kiss kye comes hame lady let thee go Lewti light lily lips Lochroyan look Lord Gregory love thee love true Thou love's lover luve maid mind ne'er never night Nora Creina o'er pale PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY RICHARD LOVELACE ROBERT BUrns ROBERT HERRICK rose round sang Say nay sigh Sing heigh-ho smile song soul Stanza stars sweet tears tell thine things THOMAS CAREW thou art thought true love Twas unto verse vows waly weel wild WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind wings young