American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson: with Biographical Sketches and NotesHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Osgood, 1881 - 455 pages |
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... bright consummate flower Spirits odórous breathes . " Par . Lost , Book V. , lines 479–482 . But he also uses the more familiar accent in other passages , as " An amber scent , of odorous perfume . " Samson Agonistes , 720 Hurried words ...
... bright consummate flower Spirits odórous breathes . " Par . Lost , Book V. , lines 479–482 . But he also uses the more familiar accent in other passages , as " An amber scent , of odorous perfume . " Samson Agonistes , 720 Hurried words ...
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... Bright with the sheen of the dew , each glittering tree of the forest 170 Flashed like the plane - tree the Persian adorned with mantles and jewels . 159 The Summer of All - Saints is our Indian Summer , All Saints Day being November ...
... Bright with the sheen of the dew , each glittering tree of the forest 170 Flashed like the plane - tree the Persian adorned with mantles and jewels . 159 The Summer of All - Saints is our Indian Summer , All Saints Day being November ...
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... bright array , like hollyhocks heavy with blossoms . Patiently stood the cows meanwhile , and yielded their udders Unto the milkmaid's hand ; whilst loud and in reg- ular cadence Into the sounding pails the foaming streamlets de ...
... bright array , like hollyhocks heavy with blossoms . Patiently stood the cows meanwhile , and yielded their udders Unto the milkmaid's hand ; whilst loud and in reg- ular cadence Into the sounding pails the foaming streamlets de ...
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... bright Bur- gundian vineyards . 210 Close at her father's side was the gentle Evange- line seated , Spinning flax for the loom that stood in the cor- ner behind her . Silent awhile were its treadles , at rest was its dil- igent shuttle ...
... bright Bur- gundian vineyards . 210 Close at her father's side was the gentle Evange- line seated , Spinning flax for the loom that stood in the cor- ner behind her . Silent awhile were its treadles , at rest was its dil- igent shuttle ...
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... bright air brighter , as up from the numerous meadows , Where no path could be seen but the track of wheels in the greensward , Group after group appeared , and joined , or passed on the highway . Long ere noon , in the village all ...
... bright air brighter , as up from the numerous meadows , Where no path could be seen but the track of wheels in the greensward , Group after group appeared , and joined , or passed on the highway . Long ere noon , in the village all ...
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