American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson: with Biographical Sketches and NotesHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Osgood, 1881 - 455 pages |
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... heard in the farm - yard , Echoed back by the barns . Anon they sank into stillness ; Heavily closed , with a jarring sound , the valves of the barn - doors , Rattled the wooden bars , and all for a season was silent . In - doors , warm ...
... heard in the farm - yard , Echoed back by the barns . Anon they sank into stillness ; Heavily closed , with a jarring sound , the valves of the barn - doors , Rattled the wooden bars , and all for a season was silent . In - doors , warm ...
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... heard in the aisles , or words of the priest at the altar , So , in each pause of the song , with measured mo- tion the clock clicked . Thus as they sat , there were footsteps heard , and , suddenly lifted , Sounded the wooden latch ...
... heard in the aisles , or words of the priest at the altar , So , in each pause of the song , with measured mo- tion the clock clicked . Thus as they sat , there were footsteps heard , and , suddenly lifted , Sounded the wooden latch ...
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... , but in 1710 was attacked by an expedition from New England , and after that held by the English government and made a fortified place . Blushing Evangeline heard the words that her father had spoken 30 LONGFELLOW .
... , but in 1710 was attacked by an expedition from New England , and after that held by the English government and made a fortified place . Blushing Evangeline heard the words that her father had spoken 30 LONGFELLOW .
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... heard his great watch tick . 275 Four long years in the times of the war had he languished a captive , Suffering much in an old French fort as the friend of the English . 267. A notary is an officer authorized to attest contracts or ...
... heard his great watch tick . 275 Four long years in the times of the war had he languished a captive , Suffering much in an old French fort as the friend of the English . 267. A notary is an officer authorized to attest contracts or ...
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... heard the talk in the village , And , perchance , canst tell us some news of these ships and their errand . " Then with modest demeanor made answer the no- 66 tary public , Gossip enough have I heard , in sooth , yet am never the wiser ...
... heard the talk in the village , And , perchance , canst tell us some news of these ships and their errand . " Then with modest demeanor made answer the no- 66 tary public , Gossip enough have I heard , in sooth , yet am never the wiser ...
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