The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRoutledge and Sons, 1865 - 367 pages |
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... head ; And the censer burning swung , Where , before the altar , hung The blood - red banner , that with prayer Had been consecrated there . And the nun's sweet hymn was heard the while , Sung low in the dim , mysterious aisle . " Take ...
... head ; And the censer burning swung , Where , before the altar , hung The blood - red banner , that with prayer Had been consecrated there . And the nun's sweet hymn was heard the while , Sung low in the dim , mysterious aisle . " Take ...
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... head ; But , as the summer fruit decays , So died he in those naked days . A dark cloak of the roebuck's skin Covered the warrior , and within Its heavy folds the weapons , made For the hard toils of war , were laid ; The cuirass ...
... head ; But , as the summer fruit decays , So died he in those naked days . A dark cloak of the roebuck's skin Covered the warrior , and within Its heavy folds the weapons , made For the hard toils of war , were laid ; The cuirass ...
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... head and a tear in her eye ; she is dressed in a red bodice , and kirtle , with loose linen sleeves . There is a gilded belt around her waist , and around her neck strings of golden beads , and a golden chain . On the crown rests a ...
... head and a tear in her eye ; she is dressed in a red bodice , and kirtle , with loose linen sleeves . There is a gilded belt around her waist , and around her neck strings of golden beads , and a golden chain . On the crown rests a ...
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... head to his feet the old man of seventy winters . Friendly was he to behold , and glad as the heralding angel Walked he among the crowds , but still a contemplative grandeur Lay on his forehead as clear , as on moss - covered grave ...
... head to his feet the old man of seventy winters . Friendly was he to behold , and glad as the heralding angel Walked he among the crowds , but still a contemplative grandeur Lay on his forehead as clear , as on moss - covered grave ...
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... head in the death - hour Solemnised Love its triumph ; the sacrifice then was completed . Lo ! then was rent on a sudden the vail of the temple , dividing Earth and heaven apart , and the dead from their 34 TRANSLATIONS .
... head in the death - hour Solemnised Love its triumph ; the sacrifice then was completed . Lo ! then was rent on a sudden the vail of the temple , dividing Earth and heaven apart , and the dead from their 34 TRANSLATIONS .
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