American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson: with Biographical Sketches and NotesHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Osgood, 1881 - 455 pages |
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... followed the first publication of American Poems confirms the editor in his belief that such book has a real place in our educational system , and he is gratified by the wide and cordial recognition which it has received . The few ...
... followed the first publication of American Poems confirms the editor in his belief that such book has a real place in our educational system , and he is gratified by the wide and cordial recognition which it has received . The few ...
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... followed . It was desired to make the book an agreeable introduction to the pleasures of poetry , and , by confining it to Ameri- can poetry of the highest order , to give young peo- ple in America the most natural acquaintance with ...
... followed . It was desired to make the book an agreeable introduction to the pleasures of poetry , and , by confining it to Ameri- can poetry of the highest order , to give young peo- ple in America the most natural acquaintance with ...
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... cidre à folie . " ( If the sun smiles on Saint Eulalie's day , there will be plenty of apples , and cider enough . ) Saint Eulalie's day is the 12th of February . Such was the advent of autumn . Then followed that EVANGELINE . 223.
... cidre à folie . " ( If the sun smiles on Saint Eulalie's day , there will be plenty of apples , and cider enough . ) Saint Eulalie's day is the 12th of February . Such was the advent of autumn . Then followed that EVANGELINE . 223.
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Horace Elisha Scudder. Such was the advent of autumn . Then followed that beautiful season , Called by the pious Acadian peasants the Summer of All - Saints ! 160 Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light ; and the landscape Lay ...
Horace Elisha Scudder. Such was the advent of autumn . Then followed that beautiful season , Called by the pious Acadian peasants the Summer of All - Saints ! 160 Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light ; and the landscape Lay ...
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... followed the watch - dog , Patient , full of importance , and grand in the pride of his instinct , Walking from side to side with a lordly air , and superbly Waving his bushy tail , and urging forward the stragglers ; Regent of flocks ...
... followed the watch - dog , Patient , full of importance , and grand in the pride of his instinct , Walking from side to side with a lordly air , and superbly Waving his bushy tail , and urging forward the stragglers ; Regent of flocks ...
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