The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell ...: Complete in Two Volumes, Том 2 |
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Now I would not take back the least thing I then said , though I thereby could butter both sides of my bread , for I never could see that an author owed aught to the people he solaced , diverted , or taught ...
Now I would not take back the least thing I then said , though I thereby could butter both sides of my bread , for I never could see that an author owed aught to the people he solaced , diverted , or taught ...
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... He somehow or other had never forgiven her ; Her memory he nursed as a kind of a tonic , Something bitter to chew when he'd play the Byronic , And I can't count the obstinate nymphs that he brought over , By a strange kind of smile ...
... He somehow or other had never forgiven her ; Her memory he nursed as a kind of a tonic , Something bitter to chew when he'd play the Byronic , And I can't count the obstinate nymphs that he brought over , By a strange kind of smile ...
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But , alas , she is dumb , and the proverb holds good , She never will cry till she's out of the wood ! What wouldn't I give if I never had known of her ? ' Twere a kind of relief had I something to groan over ; If I had but some ...
But , alas , she is dumb , and the proverb holds good , She never will cry till she's out of the wood ! What wouldn't I give if I never had known of her ? ' Twere a kind of relief had I something to groan over ; If I had but some ...
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For him there was no intermediate stage , From babyhood up to straight - laced middle age ; There were years when he didn't wear coat - tails behind , But a boy he could never be rightly defined ; Like the Irish Good Folk , though in ...
For him there was no intermediate stage , From babyhood up to straight - laced middle age ; There were years when he didn't wear coat - tails behind , But a boy he could never be rightly defined ; Like the Irish Good Folk , though in ...
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Appeared in a gown , and a vest of black satin , To spout such a Gothic oration in Latin , That Tully could never have made out a word in it , ( Though himself was the model the author preferred in it , ) And grasping the parchment ...
Appeared in a gown , and a vest of black satin , To spout such a Gothic oration in Latin , That Tully could never have made out a word in it , ( Though himself was the model the author preferred in it , ) And grasping the parchment ...
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