The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott Holt, 1954 - 648 pages |
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Page 274
... thou are here — thou fill'st The solitude . Thou art in the soft winds 40 That run along the summit of these trees In music ; - thou art in the cooler breath , That from the inmost darkness of the place , Comes , scarcely felt ; the ...
... thou are here — thou fill'st The solitude . Thou art in the soft winds 40 That run along the summit of these trees In music ; - thou art in the cooler breath , That from the inmost darkness of the place , Comes , scarcely felt ; the ...
Page 357
... thou has wrought Whate'er the hand of Circumstance hath brought ; Yea , into cool solacing green hast spun White radiance hot from out the sun . So thou dost mutually leaven Strength of earth with grace of heaven ; So thou does marry ...
... thou has wrought Whate'er the hand of Circumstance hath brought ; Yea , into cool solacing green hast spun White radiance hot from out the sun . So thou dost mutually leaven Strength of earth with grace of heaven ; So thou does marry ...
Page 397
... thou the keeper of that eldest lore , Written ere yet thy hieroglyphs began , When dawned upon thy fresh , untrampled shore The earliest life of Man ? Thou guardest temple and vast pyramid , Where the gray Past records its ancient ...
... thou the keeper of that eldest lore , Written ere yet thy hieroglyphs began , When dawned upon thy fresh , untrampled shore The earliest life of Man ? Thou guardest temple and vast pyramid , Where the gray Past records its ancient ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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