The Bijou: An Annual of Literature and the Arts, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1829 |
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... Heart's Ease THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR . By an Officer AN AUTUMNAL EVENING . By Sir Thomas Elmsley Croft , Bart . • 888 62 63 64 65 A SEA SHORE ECHO . By Barry Cornwall 88 THE VIRGIN MARY'S EVENING SONG WOMAN . By the Ettrick Shepherd ...
... Heart's Ease THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR . By an Officer AN AUTUMNAL EVENING . By Sir Thomas Elmsley Croft , Bart . • 888 62 63 64 65 A SEA SHORE ECHO . By Barry Cornwall 88 THE VIRGIN MARY'S EVENING SONG WOMAN . By the Ettrick Shepherd ...
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... hearts of men , Faster than gnats in cobwebs : But her eyes ! How could he see to do them ? having made one . Methinks it should have power to steal both his , And leave itself unfurnish'd . SHAKESPEARE . I. ONCE more amongst those rich ...
... hearts of men , Faster than gnats in cobwebs : But her eyes ! How could he see to do them ? having made one . Methinks it should have power to steal both his , And leave itself unfurnish'd . SHAKESPEARE . I. ONCE more amongst those rich ...
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... heart , The change in my own eye : It is our feelings give their tone To whatsoe'er we gaze upon . Back to the stirring world again , Its tumult and its toil ; Better to tread the roughest path , Than such a haunted soil : Oh ...
... heart , The change in my own eye : It is our feelings give their tone To whatsoe'er we gaze upon . Back to the stirring world again , Its tumult and its toil ; Better to tread the roughest path , Than such a haunted soil : Oh ...
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... heart that would seek to betray , Or lure from a desolate parent away , That dutiful child , and thy age's last stay ! Old Soldier . But may every true Briton , whose country is dear , Bestow a small boon , now the season is drear , The ...
... heart that would seek to betray , Or lure from a desolate parent away , That dutiful child , and thy age's last stay ! Old Soldier . But may every true Briton , whose country is dear , Bestow a small boon , now the season is drear , The ...
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... Life is wasting ; Our lot we still have cause to bless , Since , as our cares , our hearts confess , Our love is quite as lasting . MY NATIVE VILLAGE . WRITTEN ON REVISITING IT AFTER A 16 TO MARY ON OUR WEDDING DAY .
... Life is wasting ; Our lot we still have cause to bless , Since , as our cares , our hearts confess , Our love is quite as lasting . MY NATIVE VILLAGE . WRITTEN ON REVISITING IT AFTER A 16 TO MARY ON OUR WEDDING DAY .
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