Lays and legends of the West, with minor poems1847 - 80 pages |
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Bampfylde BAMPFYLDE MOORE CAREW beauty Bickleigh bird Bishop of Exeter blushing Bradninch breath bright broad brow Carew Cathedral Catholics charms cheese child Church cottage Crediton dark Dawlish Devon dream E'en earth echo eloquent Exeter EXETER CATHEDRAL face fair faith Falmouth father fear feel fell flowers Friar Gallery gentle glance gleam gloom glorious glory grace grave green lanes hands hath head heart Heaven Heavitree hill hour House kiss Lady legend light lips living look LUSTLEIGH Lympstone Mayor memory Miles Coverdale MINSTREL Miss neath Newcastle-upon-Tyne night NOTE o'er Ordeal path pause picturesque pixies poor prayers Precentor pride quaint river round rude sacred Sacristan Sampford Courtenay scene shadow shrine sigh smile song sound spirit stands story stream sunshine sweet tale tears temple thee thou thought Tiverton Topsham trembling turn valley village voice walls West Whilst wild worshipp'd wrought young
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Page 96 - are the girls now, with boldness enough to troop merrily to the parish church in their simple frocks of virgin white and their fresh-gathered garlands of wild-flowers.
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