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THE PHILOSOPHER
2023-12-06THE PHILOSOPHER. Enough of thought, philosopher! Too long hast thou been dreaming Unlightened, in this chamber drear, While summer's sun is beamin...
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A DEATH-SCENE
2023-12-06A DEATH-SCENE. "O day! he cannot die When thou so fair art shining! O Sun, in such a glorious sky, So tranquilly declining;He cannot leave thee n...
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ANTICIPATION
2023-12-06ANTICIPATION. How beautiful the earth is still, To thee——how full of happiness? How little fraught with real ill, Or unreal phantoms of di...
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A FRAGMENT
2023-12-06A FRAGMENT. In the dungeon-crypts idly did I stray, Reckless of the lives wasting there away; "Draw the ponderous bars! open, Warder stern!"...
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A DAY DREAM
2023-12-06A DAY DREAM. On a sunny brae alone I lay One summer afternoon; It was the marriage-time of May, With her young lover, June. From her mother's hear...
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TO IMAGINATION
2023-12-06TO IMAGINATION. When weary with the long day's care, And earthly change from pain to pain, And lost, and ready to despair, Thy kind voice calls me...
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HOW CLEAR SHE SHINES
2023-12-06HOW CLEAR SHE SHINES. How clear she shines! How quietly I lie beneath her guardian light; While heaven and earth are whispering me, "To morrow, w...
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PLEAD FOR ME
2023-12-06PLEAD FOR ME. Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now, When Reason, with a scornful brow, Is mocking at my overthrow! Oh, thy sweet tongue must plead for ...
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SELF-INTEROGATION
2023-12-06SELF-INTEROGATION, "The evening passes fast away. 'Tis almost time to rest; What thoughts has left the vanished day, What feelings in thy bre...
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STANZAS TO
2023-12-06STANZAS TO —— Well, some may hate, and some may scorn, And some may quite forget thy name; But my sad heart must ever mourn Thy ruined hop...