Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 312
killing as the canker to the rose.Or taint-worm to the weanling herds that giaze.Or frost to flowrs, that their g&j wardrobe wear,When first the white-thorn blows;Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherds ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deepClosd oer the head of your lovd Lycidas… … Had ye been there, for. what could that have done ?What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore,The Muse herself, for her enchanting son,Wliom imiversal nature did lament,When by the rout that made the hideous roar.His gory visage down the stream was sent,Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore…
English poetry · Children's poetry
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