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That falls like music heard in dreams - "The Day of Rest" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.458, 9 Oct. 1852]
That could only be heard in dreams - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
On we glided without mast or oars - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
Sea-flowers waving slow beneath the surface - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
That move in the mysterious deep of human hearts - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
The monument on which is writ no name - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
Now sleep and fear no storm - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
In which perforce a dead hope clothes itself - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
Where that known unknown face reposed - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
By which the mourner came and stood - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
All glittering robes of earthly strife - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
Would weave the world in one black shroud - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
Round the bright shape we thought was clay - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
I'll not win such another dream - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
The salt breeze singing in the sail - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
No boundary to the wave - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
My boat may come no nearer shore - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
Sweeps fierce the foamy rocks among - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
Dull time o'er all that history rolls - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
Sees a fiend-face grin over his shoulder - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
With red hand tears the heart of his neighbour - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
The mad crowd divides, and then closes swift after - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Though the flame-drifts wave and flutter - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Though the crowd their curses mutter - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Thirstier still the roaring flames are glowing - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Let his poor dust mingle with the embers - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Outlooking on this silent, ghost-filled room - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Not made for human sighs, kisses, or smiles - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Righteous counsel, sweet from seraph tongue - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Wake up and gleam among the crowd of demons - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
That with eager cries howl in my heart temptations - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Through the wide deserts of Heaven's chastisement - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Enter in and fill the howling chambers of hearts desolate - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Whether shines the mocking sun - "Mountains in Snow" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.422, 31 Jan. 1852]
The new moon's edge just touching that dark rim - "Mountains in Snow" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.422, 31 Jan. 1852]
The bridegroom sky bent loving o'er its earth - "Mountains in Snow" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.422, 31 Jan. 1852]
Your soundless voice, lifted in an awful patience - "Mountains in Snow" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.422, 31 Jan. 1852]
Yet no wrong lies to your charge - "The Rejected Lover" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.430, 27 March 1852]
With youth's dews yet glittering - "The Rejected Lover" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.430, 27 March 1852]
Curse on that fiend's whispering - "The Rejected Lover" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.430, 27 March 1852]
Remember each our youth as but an hour - "The Rejected Lover" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.430, 27 March 1852]
Wild surgings 'gainst the adamant rocks - "Sitting on the Shore" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.426, 28 Feb. 1852]
Both storm and calm alike are ended - "Sitting on the Shore" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.426, 28 Feb. 1852]
Desolation's self is grown serene - "Sitting on the Shore" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.426, 28 Feb. 1852]
To which we look with solemn hope and fond - "Sitting on the Shore" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.426, 28 Feb. 1852]
Goes climbing over the dusky cloud - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
Where walks the moon tonight - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
The little white star stands watching - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
And hid in her light's mid-noon - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
Yet the star follows all heaven through - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
As you'd lift the mystery of a buried sorrow - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
Fragrant things, all their souls thus giving - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
That leaps bodiless forth in air - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
Glad to leave the open sky - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
And the airs that wandered by - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
Out of heart-flowers withered - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
All our gathered flowers to take - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
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That falls like music heard in dreams - "The Day of Rest" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.458, 9 Oct. 1852]
That could only be heard in dreams - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
On we glided without mast or oars - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
Sea-flowers waving slow beneath the surface - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
That move in the mysterious deep of human hearts - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
The monument on which is writ no name - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
Now sleep and fear no storm - "A Dream of Death" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.448, 31 July 1852]
In which perforce a dead hope clothes itself - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
Where that known unknown face reposed - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
By which the mourner came and stood - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
All glittering robes of earthly strife - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
Would weave the world in one black shroud - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
Round the bright shape we thought was clay - "A Dream of Resurrection" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.451, 21 Aug. 1852]
I'll not win such another dream - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
The salt breeze singing in the sail - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
No boundary to the wave - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
My boat may come no nearer shore - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
Sweeps fierce the foamy rocks among - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
Dull time o'er all that history rolls - "A Mariner's Wife" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no. 427, 6 March 1852]
Sees a fiend-face grin over his shoulder - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
With red hand tears the heart of his neighbour - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
The mad crowd divides, and then closes swift after - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Though the flame-drifts wave and flutter - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Though the crowd their curses mutter - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Thirstier still the roaring flames are glowing - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Let his poor dust mingle with the embers - "The Martyrdom of Faithful in Vanity Fair" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.419, 10 Jan. 1852]
Outlooking on this silent, ghost-filled room - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Not made for human sighs, kisses, or smiles - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Righteous counsel, sweet from seraph tongue - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Wake up and gleam among the crowd of demons - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
That with eager cries howl in my heart temptations - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Through the wide deserts of Heaven's chastisement - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Enter in and fill the howling chambers of hearts desolate - "Michael the Archangel: A Statuette" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.447, 24 July 1852]
Whether shines the mocking sun - "Mountains in Snow" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.422, 31 Jan. 1852]
The new moon's edge just touching that dark rim - "Mountains in Snow" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.422, 31 Jan. 1852]
The bridegroom sky bent loving o'er its earth - "Mountains in Snow" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.422, 31 Jan. 1852]
Your soundless voice, lifted in an awful patience - "Mountains in Snow" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.422, 31 Jan. 1852]
Yet no wrong lies to your charge - "The Rejected Lover" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.430, 27 March 1852]
With youth's dews yet glittering - "The Rejected Lover" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.430, 27 March 1852]
Curse on that fiend's whispering - "The Rejected Lover" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.430, 27 March 1852]
Remember each our youth as but an hour - "The Rejected Lover" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.430, 27 March 1852]
Wild surgings 'gainst the adamant rocks - "Sitting on the Shore" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.426, 28 Feb. 1852]
Both storm and calm alike are ended - "Sitting on the Shore" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.426, 28 Feb. 1852]
Desolation's self is grown serene - "Sitting on the Shore" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.426, 28 Feb. 1852]
To which we look with solemn hope and fond - "Sitting on the Shore" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.426, 28 Feb. 1852]
Goes climbing over the dusky cloud - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
Where walks the moon tonight - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
The little white star stands watching - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
And hid in her light's mid-noon - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
Yet the star follows all heaven through - "A Song [The little white moon goes climbing]" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal no.459, 16 Oct. 1852]
As you'd lift the mystery of a buried sorrow - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
Fragrant things, all their souls thus giving - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
That leaps bodiless forth in air - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
Glad to leave the open sky - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
And the airs that wandered by - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
Out of heart-flowers withered - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
All our gathered flowers to take - "Violets: Sent in a Tiny Box" [Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, no.445, 10 July 1852]
Anonymoust snippets from Chambers' Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Art, the publication which followed this one..
Wikipedia article about Chambers' Edinburgh Journal.
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