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... Sleep dwells not by his pillow , Nor peace within his breast . By a fear , that never pities , He is haunted and pursued , ' Mid the throng of busy cities , In the depth of solitude . Though power and wealth caress him , He is nature's ...
... Sleep dwells not by his pillow , Nor peace within his breast . By a fear , that never pities , He is haunted and pursued , ' Mid the throng of busy cities , In the depth of solitude . Though power and wealth caress him , He is nature's ...
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... sleep . A thousand feet beneath his wall He saw the abyssmal waters fall , And oft , upon a misty ledge , That shudders o'er the torrent's edge , He mused , until the drifting spray Dript from his floating locks of grey , And night ...
... sleep . A thousand feet beneath his wall He saw the abyssmal waters fall , And oft , upon a misty ledge , That shudders o'er the torrent's edge , He mused , until the drifting spray Dript from his floating locks of grey , And night ...
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... sleep ; And some surmise he crossed the sea Pursued by guilt - but what the crime They know not - nor the distant clime . But this they know - he never seeks His fellow - men , nor idly speaks To woodman met at evening's hour ; And when ...
... sleep ; And some surmise he crossed the sea Pursued by guilt - but what the crime They know not - nor the distant clime . But this they know - he never seeks His fellow - men , nor idly speaks To woodman met at evening's hour ; And when ...
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... sleep ; The sounds , that woke their infant ear , Pouring their murmurs soft and deep O'er the brown heath that wraps their bier . Not for the Southern's sunny plain , Waving with seas of golden grain ; Not for his lawns and stately ...
... sleep ; The sounds , that woke their infant ear , Pouring their murmurs soft and deep O'er the brown heath that wraps their bier . Not for the Southern's sunny plain , Waving with seas of golden grain ; Not for his lawns and stately ...
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... Sleeping , or waking , with us still , Vague , hideous , indestructible . What reason's heavenly temple then , But pain's abode and passion's den ? Remorse excited , quiet dead , And God's own bright Shechinah fled ! The misty moon rose ...
... Sleeping , or waking , with us still , Vague , hideous , indestructible . What reason's heavenly temple then , But pain's abode and passion's den ? Remorse excited , quiet dead , And God's own bright Shechinah fled ! The misty moon rose ...
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