American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson: with Biographical Sketches and NotesHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Osgood, 1881 - 455 pages |
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... 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 he among them ; and up rose matrons and maidens , Hailing his slow ...
... 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 he among them ; and up rose matrons and maidens , Hailing his slow ...
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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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... maiden . Fairer was she when , on Sunday morn , while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air , as the priest with his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation , and scatters blessings upon them , Down the long street she ...
... maiden . Fairer was she when , on Sunday morn , while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air , as the priest with his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation , and scatters blessings upon them , Down the long street she ...
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... maiden . Silent she passed through the hall , and entered the door of her chamber . Simple that chamber was , with its curtains of white , and its clothes - press 365 Ample and high , on whose spacious shelves were carefully folded ...
... maiden . Silent she passed through the hall , and entered the door of her chamber . Simple that chamber was , with its curtains of white , and its clothes - press 365 Ample and high , on whose spacious shelves were carefully folded ...
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... maiden Swelled and obeyed its power , like the tremulous tides of the ocean . Ah ! she was fair , exceeding fair to behold , as she stood with Naked snow - white feet on the gleaming floor of her chamber ! Little she dreamed that below ...
... maiden Swelled and obeyed its power , like the tremulous tides of the ocean . Ah ! she was fair , exceeding fair to behold , as she stood with Naked snow - white feet on the gleaming floor of her chamber ! Little she dreamed that below ...
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