American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson: with Biographical Sketches and NotesHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Osgood, 1881 - 455 pages |
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Page 84
... Showed them her lakes of light , that retreated and vanished before them . coasts . Once , as they sat by their evening fire , there silently entered Into the little camp an Indian woman , whose features Wore deep traces of sorrow , and ...
... Showed them her lakes of light , that retreated and vanished before them . coasts . Once , as they sat by their evening fire , there silently entered Into the little camp an Indian woman , whose features Wore deep traces of sorrow , and ...
Page 125
... showed that he loved me , - --- Even this Captain of yours- who knows ?. at last might have won me , Old and rough as he is ; but now it never can happen . " Still John Alden went on , unheeding the words of Priscilla , Urging the suit ...
... showed that he loved me , - --- Even this Captain of yours- who knows ?. at last might have won me , Old and rough as he is ; but now it never can happen . " Still John Alden went on , unheeding the words of Priscilla , Urging the suit ...
Page 193
... showed , A fenceless drift what once was road ; 60 The bridle - post an old man sat With loose - flung coat and high cocked hat ; The well - curb had a Chinese roof ; And even the long sweep , high aloof , In its slant splendor , seemed ...
... showed , A fenceless drift what once was road ; 60 The bridle - post an old man sat With loose - flung coat and high cocked hat ; The well - curb had a Chinese roof ; And even the long sweep , high aloof , In its slant splendor , seemed ...
Page 195
... free . The crane and pendent trammels showed , The Turk's heads on the andirons glowed ; While childish fancy , prompt to tell The meaning of the miracle , 140 Whispered the old rhyme : " Under the tree SNOW - BOUND . 195.
... free . The crane and pendent trammels showed , The Turk's heads on the andirons glowed ; While childish fancy , prompt to tell The meaning of the miracle , 140 Whispered the old rhyme : " Under the tree SNOW - BOUND . 195.
Page 201
... showed us that we ought not to distrust the providence of the Almighty . The people were quieted by this act of Providence , and murmured no more . We caught enough to eat plentifully of , till we got into the capes of Dela- vare ...
... showed us that we ought not to distrust the providence of the Almighty . The people were quieted by this act of Providence , and murmured no more . We caught enough to eat plentifully of , till we got into the capes of Dela- vare ...
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Acadian Agassiz Annapolis River beauty behold beneath bobolink breath Captain cheer cloud dark door dream England Evangeline eyes face fair father feet fire flowers forest Gabriel gleamed glow golden Grand-Pré grave gray hand head heard heart heaven hexameter hill Holy Grail human Indian John Alden Jotun land lapstone laugh light lips living look Lord maiden Mayflower meadows Miles Standish morning mountain murmur nature never night Nova Scotia o'er ocean passed paused Phillips Academy Plymouth poems poet poetry prayer Priscilla Puritan Quaker Ralph Waldo Emerson river rock rose round sail SAMUEL SEWALL seemed Sella shade shadow ship shore silent Sir Launfal smile snow song sorrow soul sound spake stood story stream strong summer sunshine sweet thee thou thought tree village voice wall wandered wind winter Witch's Daughter woods words youth