Niagara: A PoemLeavitt, Trow & Company, 1848 - 191 pages |
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... No more to greet their musical return ; Downward , clasped tremblingly in wild embrace , They headlong plunge and writhe in agony ; Upward their deep groan goes to hill and glen , * Till , mingled in despair , seaward they roll 14 NIAGARA .
... No more to greet their musical return ; Downward , clasped tremblingly in wild embrace , They headlong plunge and writhe in agony ; Upward their deep groan goes to hill and glen , * Till , mingled in despair , seaward they roll 14 NIAGARA .
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... hills ! in whose cool grottos born , We leaped to light with chimes of early spring , And down your deep ravines and shady sides , Flowed with the music of the youthful heart ; We long , with outstretched arms and mournful plaint To ...
... hills ! in whose cool grottos born , We leaped to light with chimes of early spring , And down your deep ravines and shady sides , Flowed with the music of the youthful heart ; We long , with outstretched arms and mournful plaint To ...
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... hills , to shining vales , Must we now speak that bitter word " Farewell ? ” Must we the strife of fierce leviathans Endure , and ever bear th ' oppressive weight Of laden barks , that break the yielding wave ? Must we be driven and ...
... hills , to shining vales , Must we now speak that bitter word " Farewell ? ” Must we the strife of fierce leviathans Endure , and ever bear th ' oppressive weight Of laden barks , that break the yielding wave ? Must we be driven and ...
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... hills to give back their response ! All , all is o'er , for in that shriek is told That life is hovering o'er th ' abyss of death ! He drops his oar , he folds his weary arms , And in his bark erect , unmoved and calm , Awaits his doom ...
... hills to give back their response ! All , all is o'er , for in that shriek is told That life is hovering o'er th ' abyss of death ! He drops his oar , he folds his weary arms , And in his bark erect , unmoved and calm , Awaits his doom ...
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... hills ! ye mountains ! woods and vales ! Where sire and son have found their hunting grounds , Your swift - heeled stags no more may fear my bow , But browse your verdure in disturbless peace ; To yonder fields where spirit - forms ...
... hills ! ye mountains ! woods and vales ! Where sire and son have found their hunting grounds , Your swift - heeled stags no more may fear my bow , But browse your verdure in disturbless peace ; To yonder fields where spirit - forms ...
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abyss altar American Fall amid Arcturus arms art thou banks bark beauty beneath blessed blest breast breath brow cascade Cataract Cave Central Fall cities of refuge clouds dark death deep depth distance doom dread dwell e'en echoes Fall Farewell fierce filled flood foes grief hand hast hath hear heard heart Heaven height hills hope Horseshoe Fall hurled images Iris Island isle Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario land leagues Lewiston light line from top lips lone look LORD miles morning NAVY ISLAND neath Niagara River night NOTE pass Pleiades praise precipice rapids rapture rise rock roll round rush seems shines shore side smile song soul sound spirit spring season stars streams sweet swift tell thee thine thou dost thought throne tide torrent tread truth vales voice Waterfall waters waves whirlpool wild winds
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Page 149 - I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim : each one had six wings ; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said: — " Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of His glory.
Page 152 - And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Page 164 - Let them therefore give us two bullocks ; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under...
Page 150 - Inspire the course ; but fainting breathless toil, Sick, seizes on his heart: he stands at bay; And puts his last weak refuge in despair; The big round tears run down his dappled face ; He groans in anguish...
Page 149 - Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Page 152 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 164 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 152 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Page 149 - Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory". And the posts of the door moved at the voice of Him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Page 150 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar : and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath ' touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.