Poetry of America: Selections from One Hundred American Poets from 1776 to 1876G. Bell, 1878 - 387 pages |
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... heart a cold , And men had better stomachs at religion , Than I to capon , turkey - cock , or pigeon ; When honest ... hearts removed far . No bugbear comets in the chrystal air Did drive our COLONIAL POETRY . xxix.
... heart a cold , And men had better stomachs at religion , Than I to capon , turkey - cock , or pigeon ; When honest ... hearts removed far . No bugbear comets in the chrystal air Did drive our COLONIAL POETRY . xxix.
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... heart full of truth , Who travel'd with me in the sunshine of life , And stood by my side in its peace and its ... hearts like their mother's , as pure as this wine , Who came but to see the first act of the play , Grew tired of the ...
... heart full of truth , Who travel'd with me in the sunshine of life , And stood by my side in its peace and its ... hearts like their mother's , as pure as this wine , Who came but to see the first act of the play , Grew tired of the ...
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... voice was low : So soft , so sad the words he spoke , That with the stream they seem'd to flow : They told me that his heart was broke ; - They said , the world he fain would shun , The Moss Supplicateth for the Poet.
... voice was low : So soft , so sad the words he spoke , That with the stream they seem'd to flow : They told me that his heart was broke ; - They said , the world he fain would shun , The Moss Supplicateth for the Poet.
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... heart , And Alleghany graves its tone Throughout his lofty chart . Monadnock , on his forehead hoar , Doth seal the sacred trust : Your mountains build their monument , Though ye destroy their dust . CHARLES SPRAGUE . Born at Boston ...
... heart , And Alleghany graves its tone Throughout his lofty chart . Monadnock , on his forehead hoar , Doth seal the sacred trust : Your mountains build their monument , Though ye destroy their dust . CHARLES SPRAGUE . Born at Boston ...
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... heart's hope and home , By angel hands to valour given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome , And all thy hues were born in heaven . For ever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us , With Freedom's soil ...
... heart's hope and home , By angel hands to valour given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome , And all thy hues were born in heaven . For ever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us , With Freedom's soil ...
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