The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRoutledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859 - 669 pages |
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... soft and low , To lie amid some sylvan scene , Where , the long drooping boughs between , Shadows dark and sunlight sheen Alternate come and go ; Or where the denser grove receives No sunlight from above , But the dark foliage ...
... soft and low , To lie amid some sylvan scene , Where , the long drooping boughs between , Shadows dark and sunlight sheen Alternate come and go ; Or where the denser grove receives No sunlight from above , But the dark foliage ...
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... soft and blue , In long and sloping lines . And , falling on my weary brain , Like a fast - falling shower , The dreams of youth came back again , Low lispings of the summer rain , Dropping on the ripened grain , As once upon the flower ...
... soft and blue , In long and sloping lines . And , falling on my weary brain , Like a fast - falling shower , The dreams of youth came back again , Low lispings of the summer rain , Dropping on the ripened grain , As once upon the flower ...
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... soft chimes , That fill the haunted chambers of the Night , Like some old poet's rhymes . From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit drank repose ; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there , — From those deep cisterns flows ...
... soft chimes , That fill the haunted chambers of the Night , Like some old poet's rhymes . From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit drank repose ; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there , — From those deep cisterns flows ...
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... Soft rebukes , in blessings ended , Breathing from her lips of air . O , though oft depressed and lonely , All my fears are laid aside , If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! FLOWERS . SPAKE full well , in language ...
... Soft rebukes , in blessings ended , Breathing from her lips of air . O , though oft depressed and lonely , All my fears are laid aside , If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! FLOWERS . SPAKE full well , in language ...
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... soft and silver lining , Buds that open only to decay ; Brilliant hopes , all woven in gorgeous tissues , Flaunting gayly in the golden light ; Large desires , with most uncertain issues , Tender wishes , blossoming at night ! These in ...
... soft and silver lining , Buds that open only to decay ; Brilliant hopes , all woven in gorgeous tissues , Flaunting gayly in the golden light ; Large desires , with most uncertain issues , Tender wishes , blossoming at night ! These in ...
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