The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRoutledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859 - 669 pages |
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... HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls ! I felt her presence , by its spell of might , Stoop o'er me from above ; The calm ...
... HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls ! I felt her presence , by its spell of might , Stoop o'er me from above ; The calm ...
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... heard the while , Sung low in the dim , mysterious aisle . " Take thy banner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave ; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale , When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts ...
... heard the while , Sung low in the dim , mysterious aisle . " Take thy banner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave ; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale , When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts ...
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... heard the distant waters dash , I saw the current whirl and flash , - And richly , by the blue lake's silver beach , The woods were bending with a silent reach . Then o'er the vale , with gentle swell , The music of the village bell ...
... heard the distant waters dash , I saw the current whirl and flash , - And richly , by the blue lake's silver beach , The woods were bending with a silent reach . Then o'er the vale , with gentle swell , The music of the village bell ...
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... Heard in the still night , with its passionate cadence . BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK . ON sunny slope and beechen swell , The shadowed light of evening fell ; And , where the maple's leaf was brown , With soft and silent lapse came down The ...
... Heard in the still night , with its passionate cadence . BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK . ON sunny slope and beechen swell , The shadowed light of evening fell ; And , where the maple's leaf was brown , With soft and silent lapse came down The ...
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... heard in those sweet melodies Compassion for me , more than had they said , " O wherefore , lady , dost thou thus consume him ? ” The ice , that was about my heart congealed , To air and water changed , and , in my anguish , Through ...
... heard in those sweet melodies Compassion for me , more than had they said , " O wherefore , lady , dost thou thus consume him ? ” The ice , that was about my heart congealed , To air and water changed , and , in my anguish , Through ...
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