Reminiscences: Moral Poems and Translations. With an Appendix ...Gerrish & Tyler, 1824 - 275 strán (strany) |
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adieu art thou BACCHYLIDES baldrick bard beam beauty Behold beneath blest bliss bloom bosom Bowdoin College brave breast breath bright bright eyes charms clouds dark dark waves Dartmoore day-dawn dear death dread dream dwell E'en earth eternity fair FALSE FRIENDS fame Farewell feel flow flowers foes forever Fourth of July gloom glory grave grief haste hath heart heaven hill HOC SIGNO VINCES hope hour life's light lips lone Lord lov'd love's lyre maid mirth morn mortals mourn ne'er never night numbers o'er ocean peace pleasure pride rill ROBERT BURNS rose rose-tree round shade shines sigh skies sleep slumbers smile SONG sorrow soul spirit spring stars stream sweet swell tears tempests thee thine thou art thought thro tide tomb Twas vale vex'd virtue wave weep wild winds wing yonder youth
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Strana 248 - ... from me, or parted, — Flown, like morning clouds, a thousand ways. Where art thou, in youth my friend and brother, Yea, in soul my friend and brother still ? Heaven received thee, and on earth none other Can the void in my lorn bosom fill. Where is she, whose looks were love and gladness ? — Love and gladness I no longer see ! She is gone ; and, since that hour of sadness, Nature seems her sepulchre to me. Where am I ? — life's current faintly flowing Brings the welcome warning of release...
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