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HONOUR'S MARTYR
2023-12-06HONOUR'S MARTYR. The moon is full this winter night; The stars are clear, though few; And every window glistens bright With leaves of frozen dew. ...
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MY COMFORTER
2023-12-06MY COMFORTER. Well hast thou spoken, and yet not taught A feeling strange or new; Thou hast but roused a latent thought, A cloud-closed beam of sunshi...
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A REMINISCENCE
2023-12-06A REMINISCENCE. Yes, thou art gone! and never more Thy sunny smile shall gladden me; But I may pass the old church door, And pace the floor that cover...
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THE ARBOUR
2023-12-06THE ARBOUR. I'll rest me in this sheltered bower, And look upon the clear blue sky That smiles upon me through the trees, Which stand so thick clu...
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VANITAS VANITATUM, OMNIA VANITAS
2023-12-06VANITAS VANITATUM, OMNIA VANITAS. In all we do, and hear, and see, Is restless Toil and Vanity. While yet the rolling earth abides, Men come and go li...
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THE PENITENT
2023-12-06THE PENITENT. I mourn with thee, and yet rejoice That thou shouldst sorrow so; With angel choirs I join my voice To bless the sinner's woe. Though...
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MUSIC ON CHRISTMAS MORNING
2023-12-06MUSIC ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. Music I love——but never strain Could kindle raptures so divine, So grief assuage, so conquer pain, And rouse t...
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STANZASER
2023-12-06STANZASER. Oh, weep not, love! each tear that springs In those dear eyes of thine, To me a keener suffering brings Than if they flowed from mine. And ...
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IF THIS BE ALL
2023-12-06IF THIS BE ALL. O God! if this indeed be all That Life can show to me; If on my aching brow may fall No freshening dew from Thee; If with no brighter ...
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TO COWPER
2023-12-06TO COWPER. Sweet are thy strains, celestial Bard; And oft, in childhood's years, I've read them o'er and o'er again, With floods of si...