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To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
See! he sinks
Without a word; and his ensanguined bier
Is vacant in the west, while far read more
See! he sinks
Without a word; and his ensanguined bier
Is vacant in the west, while far and near
Behold! each coward shadow eastward shrinks,
Thou dost not strive, O sun, nor dost thou cry
Amid thy cloud-built streets.
- Rev. Frederick William Faber,
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
I'll have a fling.
I'll have a fling.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
Forming and breaking in the sky,
I fancy all shapes are there;
Temple, mountain, monument, spire;
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Forming and breaking in the sky,
I fancy all shapes are there;
Temple, mountain, monument, spire;
Ships rigged out with sails of fire,
And blown by the evening air.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]