Records of Woman: With Other PoemsHilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1828 - 253 pages |
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... whispers of despair ! Thou hast sent tidings , as of heaven . - I wait The hour , the sign , for blessed flight to thee . Oh ! for the skylark's wing that seeks its mate As a star shoots ! —but on the breezy sea We shall meet soon ...
... whispers of despair ! Thou hast sent tidings , as of heaven . - I wait The hour , the sign , for blessed flight to thee . Oh ! for the skylark's wing that seeks its mate As a star shoots ! —but on the breezy sea We shall meet soon ...
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... Whispering light words , and mocking my despair ? It is not well of thee ! -my love was more Than fiery song may breathe , deep thought explore , And there thou smilest , while my heart is dying , With all its blighted hopes around it ...
... Whispering light words , and mocking my despair ? It is not well of thee ! -my love was more Than fiery song may breathe , deep thought explore , And there thou smilest , while my heart is dying , With all its blighted hopes around it ...
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... is on my brow , a token sent Th ' o'erwearied dust , from home : no breeze flits by , But calls me with a strange sweet whisper , blent Of many mysteries . Hark ! the warning tone Deepens its word is Death 16 RECORDS OF WOMAN .
... is on my brow , a token sent Th ' o'erwearied dust , from home : no breeze flits by , But calls me with a strange sweet whisper , blent Of many mysteries . Hark ! the warning tone Deepens its word is Death 16 RECORDS OF WOMAN .
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... whispers through his door , Ev'n as man sits whose heart alone would be With some deep care , and thus can find no more The accustom'd joy in all which evening brings , Gathering a household with her quiet wings . His wife stood hush'd ...
... whispers through his door , Ev'n as man sits whose heart alone would be With some deep care , and thus can find no more The accustom'd joy in all which evening brings , Gathering a household with her quiet wings . His wife stood hush'd ...
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... rock her child beneath the whispering boughs , Singing its blue , half - curtain'd eyes to sleep , With a low hymn , amidst the stillness deep . PROPERZIA ROSSI . Properzia Rossi , a celebrated female sculptor THE SWITZER'S WIFE . 39.
... rock her child beneath the whispering boughs , Singing its blue , half - curtain'd eyes to sleep , With a low hymn , amidst the stillness deep . PROPERZIA ROSSI . Properzia Rossi , a celebrated female sculptor THE SWITZER'S WIFE . 39.
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