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A Medley: Tears, Idle Tears (The Princess)
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on...
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An Idle Wish
Helen LLewellyn
I never thought that I should care
  To be a clinging vine,
But now I know I'd like to be
  One if the choice were...
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Beside The Idle Summer Sea
William Ernest Henley
Beside the idle summer sea,
And in the vacant summer days,
Light Love came fluting down the ways,
Where you were loitering with...
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Idle Blessedness
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
I KNOW not how it is, I have the knack,
In lazy moods, of seeking no excuse;
But holding that man's ease must be the juice
Of man's philosophy, I...
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Idle Fame
John Clare
I would not wish the burning blaze
Of fame around a restless world,
The thunder and the storm of praise
In crowded tumults heard and hurled.
I would...
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Idle Time
Brian Oliveri
Spring receives, flowering trees
displays brilliantly planted, please
gardens transformed, the busy mind
glowing hidden lights, to find
colored...
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On the Idle Hill of Summer
Alfred Edward Housman
On the idle hill of summer,
Sleepy with the flow of streams,
Far I hear the steady drummer
Drumming like a noise in...
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Tears, Idle Tears
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on...
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The Idle Shepherd Boys
William Wordsworth
The valley rings with mirth and joy;
Among the hills the echoes play
A never never ending song,
To welcome in the May.
The magpie chatters with...
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The Idle Son
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
Young Benjamin left school this year
And stepped right in a job;
And he starts in hope of a life career,
Like his eldest brother, Bob.
But Sam, the...
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The Idle Wind
Gamaliel Bradford
The idle wind blows all day long
And weaves a burden to my song
Upon the melancholy flight
Of youth and beauty...
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The Princess: A Medley: Tears, Idle Tears
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
  Tears from the depth of some divine despair
  Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
  In...
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Thou Gaudy Idle World Adieu
Thomas Parnell
Thou Gaudy Idle world adieu,
& all thy tinsell Joys;
I lovd thee dearly once tis true,
But since a better choice I knew,
Ive made that better...
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The World Of Idle Thoughts.
BrijMohan Poply
Living in idle thoughts has become life,
Dishes of thoughts are made and eaten,
The impossible also happens in thoughts,
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