The Gallery of Pigeons: And Other PoemsHenry S. King, 1873 - 198 páginas |
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... looks in ! The moonlight lies on the floor , a sheet Of molten silver ; large and sweet , The cream - rosebuds and jessamine Are tottering as they peep therein Along the loops and carven bars ; And down beneath and soft , and slow , The ...
... looks in ! The moonlight lies on the floor , a sheet Of molten silver ; large and sweet , The cream - rosebuds and jessamine Are tottering as they peep therein Along the loops and carven bars ; And down beneath and soft , and slow , The ...
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... look of maddening hunger , As if sharp some quick sting stung her ? Thrilling into cruel throbs , and wrung , and wrung with cries Into agonies delicious , like an aching dream that dies . What's that laughter on her lip ? Till the rose ...
... look of maddening hunger , As if sharp some quick sting stung her ? Thrilling into cruel throbs , and wrung , and wrung with cries Into agonies delicious , like an aching dream that dies . What's that laughter on her lip ? Till the rose ...
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... look'd behind ; Ever shrunk , yet ever glided , as if lured on by the wind To some terrible great furnance that was burning in her mind , Whose flames reflected in her eyes nigh burnt the eye- balls blind . Thus she stole a - down the ...
... look'd behind ; Ever shrunk , yet ever glided , as if lured on by the wind To some terrible great furnance that was burning in her mind , Whose flames reflected in her eyes nigh burnt the eye- balls blind . Thus she stole a - down the ...
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... ' twas night ; there were stars in the sky , And the lone moon rose , as afraid To look on the lovers that stay'd On the terrace below and whisper'd ; and high , up high , The full - leaved trembling trees , deep in the NOCTURNE.
... ' twas night ; there were stars in the sky , And the lone moon rose , as afraid To look on the lovers that stay'd On the terrace below and whisper'd ; and high , up high , The full - leaved trembling trees , deep in the NOCTURNE.
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... look'd up to the skies In silence of expectation , -the pause as of one that had prayed . And below in the lounge and the rise And silent ceaseless tides of the river , some sort of music was made , As it glided along to the moon . In ...
... look'd up to the skies In silence of expectation , -the pause as of one that had prayed . And below in the lounge and the rise And silent ceaseless tides of the river , some sort of music was made , As it glided along to the moon . In ...
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