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" Tis but a night, a long and moonless night ; We make the grave our bed, and then are gone. Thus, at the shut of even, the weary bird Leaves the wide air, and in some lonely brake Cowers down, and dozes till the dawn of day ; Then claps his well-fledg'd... "
The Grave: A Poem - Page 28
by Robert Blair - 1903 - 44 pages
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...happy meeting ', Nor time, nor death, (hall ever part them more. 'Tis but a night, a long and mconlcfs ntented falls: So when the king a mortal Jhaft lets fhut of even, the weary bird Leaves the wide air, and in fomc lonely break Cow'rs down, and dorcs till...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...happy meeting! Nor time, nor death, Ihall ever part them more. 'Tis but a night, a long and moonlefs night, We make the grave our bed, and then are gone. Thus, at the fluí: of even, the weary bird Leaves the wide air, and in lome lonely break Cow'rs down, and dozes...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...happy meeting ! Nor time, nor death, fhall ever part them more*. 'Tis but a night, a long and moonlefs night ; We make the grave our bed, and then are gone, Thus, at the flint of even, the weary bird Leaves the widi air, and in fome lonely brake Cow'rs down, and rlor.es...
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Poems, Moral, Elegant and Pathetic: Vis. Essay on Man

1796 - 246 pages
...happy meeting! Nor time, nor death, fhall ever part them more. "Pis but a night, a long and moonlefs night, We make the grave our bed, and then are gone, Thus, at the fhut of eve, the weary bird Leaves the wide air, and in fome lonely brake Cow'rs down, and dozes till...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...happy meeting! Nor time, nor death, (hall ever part them more. 'Tis but a night, a long and moonlels night ; We make the grave our bed, and then are gone. Thus, at the (hut of cven; the weary bird Leaves the wide air, and in lome lonely break Cow is down, and dole* till...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...its other half) into its arms Shall rush with all th' impatience of a man That's new come home, who, having long been absent, . | With haste runs over...gone. Thus at the shut of ev'n, the weary bird Leaves die wide air, and in somfe .lonely brake Cow'rs down, and dozes till the dawn of day, Then claps his...
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Lackington's Confessions, Rendered Into Narrative: To which are Added ...

James Lackington, Allan Macleod - Boarding schools - 1804 - 162 pages
...impatience of a man That's new come home, who having long been absent, With haste runs over every diffrent room, In pain to see the whole. Thrice happy meeting!...night, a long and moonless night, We make the grave our bud, and then are gone. " Thxis, at the shut of even, the weary bird Leaves the wide air, and in some...
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...pain to see the whole. "Jhrice happy meeting! Nor time, nor death, shall ever part them more. 'T is but a night, a long and moonless night, We make the...bed, and then are gone. • • Thus, at the shut of even, the weary bird Leaves the wide air, and in some lonely brake Cow'rs down, and dozes till the...
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The Wreath: Containing The Minstrel and Other Favorite Poems, to which is ...

1806 - 184 pages
...pain to see the whole. Thrice happy meeting ! Nor time, nor death, shall ever part them more. Tis hut a night, a long and moonless night ; We make the grave our bed, and then are gone. Thus, at the shut of even, the weary bird Leaves the wide air, and in some lonely break Cowers down, and dozes till the...
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The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, Issues 123-126

English literature - 1808 - 560 pages
...downward from the entrance of a cavern. The print of ' Death's Door,' illuslrative of the Hoe«, " Tis but a night, a long and moonless night We make the grave our bed, and th«n «re gone !" is thus described — " The door opening, thai seems to make utter darkness visible...
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