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The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott

Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes
Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849)

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VOL. II.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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RHYMED RAMBLES.
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Part First.
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Part Second.
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Part Third.
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LYRICS FOR MY DAUGHTERS.
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THE YEAR OF SEEDS.
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BALLADS.
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ETHELINE.
  
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XIII.

Hath April wept herself into a dream
Of wondrous joy? or a reality
Fairer and brighter than all dreaming? Deem
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Not lightly, Bard, of her regality
In goodness. Lo, the beautiful are strong!
Lo, gentlest-love is power, whose noiseless stream
Keeps fresh the sea of life, which else would teem
Only with plagues! Oh, gold-bill'd Ouzle's song!
Hath love's still might waked thee? Love's April! coldly
Primrosy airs breathe round thee. Clouds behold thee,
And mix thy music with their blushes. Morn,
Dew-glistening Morn, is silvering rock and tree,
While shadows shorten o'er the whitening thorn,
Perch'd on whose topmost-twig the woodwele hymneth thee.
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