American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson: with Biographical Sketches and NotesHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Osgood, 1881 - 455 pages |
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... doors Mingled their sound with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the maidens . Solemnly down the street came the parish priest , and the children Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them . 45 Reverend walked ...
... doors Mingled their sound with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the maidens . Solemnly down the street came the parish priest , and the children Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them . 45 Reverend walked ...
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... doors , nor bars to their windows ; But their dwellings were open as day and the hearts of the owners ; There the richest was poor , and the poorest lived in abundance . Somewhat apart from the village , and nearer the Basin of Minas ...
... doors , nor bars to their windows ; But their dwellings were open as day and the hearts of the owners ; There the richest was poor , and the poorest lived in abundance . Somewhat apart from the village , and nearer the Basin of Minas ...
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... , it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music . Firmly builded with rafters of oak , the house of the farmer Stood on the side of a hill commanding the sea and a shady Sycamore grew by the door , with a woodbine wreathing 18 LONGFELLOW .
... , it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music . Firmly builded with rafters of oak , the house of the farmer Stood on the side of a hill commanding the sea and a shady Sycamore grew by the door , with a woodbine wreathing 18 LONGFELLOW .
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Horace Elisha Scudder. Sycamore grew by the door , with a woodbine wreathing around it . 85 Rudely carved was the porch , with seats beneath ; and a footpath Led through an orchard wide , and disappeared in the meadow . Under the ...
Horace Elisha Scudder. Sycamore grew by the door , with a woodbine wreathing around it . 85 Rudely carved was the porch , with seats beneath ; and a footpath Led through an orchard wide , and disappeared in the meadow . Under the ...
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... door , by the darkness befriended , And , as he knocked and waited to hear the sound of her footsteps , 110 Knew not which beat the louder , his heart or the knocker of iron ; Or , at the joyous feast of the Patron Saint of the village ...
... door , by the darkness befriended , And , as he knocked and waited to hear the sound of her footsteps , 110 Knew not which beat the louder , his heart or the knocker of iron ; Or , at the joyous feast of the Patron Saint of the village ...
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