London: A Fragmentary PoemSaunders and Otley, 1847 - 94 halaman |
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Abbey Abbotsford aisle anguish Anthony Wood Artillery-walk bard beautiful Beauty's blest bliss bloom bowers breathed his last bride bright chamber Chatterton closing hour courtly Cripplegate crowd dance death desolate he felt died Duchess Duke dying Earl of Essex ermined fame Fancy fate flowers fond France frown gaze Genius gilded Girt glance gliding glittering Goldsmith Green Arbour-court halls heart Henry the Eighth Holborn hushed Islington James's Park JOHN MILTON joys King Lady laugh Leicester House live London residences Lord lords-in-waiting loved-one mighty mirth miserable monarch moonlight mournful night o'er Otway painful Paradise Lost Petty France pleasure Pleasure's poet poet's pride proud Queen reign residences of Milton roam smile soar song spot Sterne street sweet tale tears thee thine Thomas Otway thou throne Thy closing tomb took Tower Tower Hill Twas wealth weep Westminster Westminster Abbey Whence Whitehall wife yore young youth
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