American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: EmersonHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Mifflin, 1879 - 455 pages |
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... rose , and the forests old , and aloft on the mountains 30 Sea - fogs pitched their tents , and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley , but ne'er from their station descended . There , in the midst of its farms ...
... rose , and the forests old , and aloft on the mountains 30 Sea - fogs pitched their tents , and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley , but ne'er from their station descended . There , in the midst of its farms ...
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... rose matrons and maidens , Hailing his slow approach with words of affec- tionate welcome . Then came the laborers home from the field , and serenely the sun sank Down to his rest , and twilight prevailed . Anon from the belfry Softly ...
... rose matrons and maidens , Hailing his slow approach with words of affec- tionate welcome . Then came the laborers home from the field , and serenely the sun sank Down to his rest , and twilight prevailed . Anon from the belfry Softly ...
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... Rose from a hundred hearths , the homes of peace and contentment . Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers , Dwelt in the love of God and of man . Alike were they free from Fear , that reigns with the tyrant , and envy ...
... Rose from a hundred hearths , the homes of peace and contentment . Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers , Dwelt in the love of God and of man . Alike were they free from Fear , that reigns with the tyrant , and envy ...
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... at Bethlehem . 285. In like manner a popular superstition prevailed in Eng- land that ague could be cured by sealing a spider in a goose- quill and hanging it about the neck . Then up rose from his seat by the fireside Basil 32 LONGFELLOW .
... at Bethlehem . 285. In like manner a popular superstition prevailed in Eng- land that ague could be cured by sealing a spider in a goose- quill and hanging it about the neck . Then up rose from his seat by the fireside Basil 32 LONGFELLOW .
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... rose from his seat by the fireside Basil the blacksmith , Knocked from his pipe the ashes , and slowly ex- tending his right hand , 290 " Father Leblanc , " he exclaimed , “ thou hast heard the talk in the village , And , perchance ...
... rose from his seat by the fireside Basil the blacksmith , Knocked from his pipe the ashes , and slowly ex- tending his right hand , 290 " Father Leblanc , " he exclaimed , “ thou hast heard the talk in the village , And , perchance ...
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