American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson: with Biographical Sketches and NotesHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Osgood, 1881 - 455 pages |
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... leaves , when the mighty blasts of October Seize them , and whirl them aloft , and sprinkle them far o'er the ocean . 15 Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful vil- lage of Grand - Pré . Ye who believe in affection that hopes ...
... leaves , when the mighty blasts of October Seize them , and whirl them aloft , and sprinkle them far o'er the ocean . 15 Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful vil- lage of Grand - Pré . Ye who believe in affection that hopes ...
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... leaves . 65 Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seventeen summers ; Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside , Black , yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown 2 EVANGELINE . 17.
... leaves . 65 Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seventeen summers ; Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside , Black , yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown 2 EVANGELINE . 17.
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... leaves More airy , last the 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 ...
... leaves More airy , last the 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 ...
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... leaves alternately played on his snow - white 410 Hair , as it waved in the wind ; and the jolly face of the fiddler Glowed like a living coal when the ashes are blown from the embers . East and West Indies in which he included also ...
... leaves alternately played on his snow - white 410 Hair , as it waved in the wind ; and the jolly face of the fiddler Glowed like a living coal when the ashes are blown from the embers . East and West Indies in which he included also ...
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... leaves and evergreens fresh from the forest . 425 Then came the guard from the ships , and march- ing proudly among them Entered the sacred portal . With loud and disso- nant clangor Echoed the sound of their brazen drums from ceil- ing ...
... leaves and evergreens fresh from the forest . 425 Then came the guard from the ships , and march- ing proudly among them Entered the sacred portal . With loud and disso- nant clangor Echoed the sound of their brazen drums from ceil- ing ...
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