Soft mossy lawns
Beneath these canopies extend their swells,
Fragrant with perfumed herbs, and eyed with blooms
Minute yet beautiful.
(Alastor: Or, The Spirit Of Solitude)
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Art and eloquence,
And all the shows o' the world, are frail and vain
To weep a loss that turns their lights to shade.
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A wild dissolving bliss Over my frame he breathed, approaching near, And bent his eyes of kindling tenderness Near mine, and on my lips impressed a lingering kiss,
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