American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson: with Biographical Sketches and NotesHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Osgood, 1881 - 455 pages |
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... sound with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the 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 ...
... sound with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the 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 ...
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... sounds the air , as the priest with his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation , and scatters blessings upon them , Down the long street she passed , with her chaplet of beads and her missal , 75 Wearing her Norman cap and her kirtle of blue ...
... sounds the air , as the priest with his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation , and scatters blessings upon them , Down the long street she passed , with her chaplet of beads and her missal , 75 Wearing her Norman cap and her kirtle of blue ...
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... sound of her footsteps , 110 Knew not which beat the louder , his heart or the knocker of iron ; Or , at the joyous feast of the Patron Saint of the village , Bolder grew , and pressed her hand in the dance as he whispered the first ...
... sound of her footsteps , 110 Knew not which beat the louder , his heart or the knocker of iron ; Or , at the joyous feast of the Patron Saint of the village , Bolder grew , and pressed her hand in the dance as he whispered the first ...
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... sounds were in harmony blended . Voices of children at play , the crowing of cocks in the farm - yards , 165 Whir of wings in the drowsy air , and the cooing of pigeons , All were subdued and low as the murmurs of love , and the great ...
... sounds were in harmony blended . Voices of children at play , the crowing of cocks in the farm - yards , 165 Whir of wings in the drowsy air , and the cooing of pigeons , All were subdued and low as the murmurs of love , and the great ...
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... sound , the valves of the barn - doors , Rattled the wooden bars , and all for a season was silent . In - doors , warm by the wide - mouthed fireplace , idly the farmer 200 Sat in his elbow - chair , and watched how the flames and the ...
... sound , the valves of the barn - doors , Rattled the wooden bars , and all for a season was silent . In - doors , warm by the wide - mouthed fireplace , idly the farmer 200 Sat in his elbow - chair , and watched how the flames and the ...
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