American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: EmersonHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Mifflin, 1879 - 453 pages |
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... lips , the worthy notary entered . III . Bent like a laboring oar , that toils in the surf of the ocean , Bent , but not broken , by age was the form of the notary public ; 270 Shocks of yellow hair , like the silken floss of the maize ...
... lips , the worthy notary entered . III . Bent like a laboring oar , that toils in the surf of the ocean , Bent , but not broken , by age was the form of the notary public ; 270 Shocks of yellow hair , like the silken floss of the maize ...
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... lip , he solemnly bowed and departed , While in silence the others sat and mused by the fireside , Till Evangeline brought the draught - board out of its corner . 345 Soon was the game begun . In friendly contention the old men Laughed ...
... lip , he solemnly bowed and departed , While in silence the others sat and mused by the fireside , Till Evangeline brought the draught - board out of its corner . 345 Soon was the game begun . In friendly contention the old men Laughed ...
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... lips , and blessed the cup as she gave it . Under the open sky , in the odorous air of the orchard , Stript of its golden fruit , was spread the feast of betrothal . 405 There in the shade of the porch were the priest and the notary ...
... lips , and blessed the cup as she gave it . Under the open sky , in the odorous air of the orchard , Stript of its golden fruit , was spread the feast of betrothal . 405 There in the shade of the porch were the priest and the notary ...
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... lips still repeat the prayer , ' O Father , forgive them ! ' Let us repeat that prayer in the hour when the wicked ... lips alone , but their hearts ; and the Ave Maria 485 Sang they , and fell on their knees , EVANGELINE . 45.
... lips still repeat the prayer , ' O Father , forgive them ! ' Let us repeat that prayer in the hour when the wicked ... lips alone , but their hearts ; and the Ave Maria 485 Sang they , and fell on their knees , EVANGELINE . 45.
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... lips the Acadian peasants descended 545 Down from the church to the shore , amid their wives and their daughters . Foremost the young men came ; and , raising to- gether their voices , Sang with tremulous lips a chant of the Catholic ...
... lips the Acadian peasants descended 545 Down from the church to the shore , amid their wives and their daughters . Foremost the young men came ; and , raising to- gether their voices , Sang with tremulous lips a chant of the Catholic ...
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