Poetry of America: Selections from One Hundred American Poets from 1776 to 1876G. Bell, 1878 - 387 pages |
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... lips Of pumpkins and parsnips and walnut - tree chips . * * Now while some are going let others be coming , For while liquor's boiling it must have a scumming ; But I will not blame them , for birds of a feather By seeking their fellows ...
... lips Of pumpkins and parsnips and walnut - tree chips . * * Now while some are going let others be coming , For while liquor's boiling it must have a scumming ; But I will not blame them , for birds of a feather By seeking their fellows ...
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... lip Walks eager round the inspiring flip : Delicious draught ! whose powers inherit The quintessence of public spirit ; Which whoso tastes , perceives his mind To nobler politics refined ; Or roused to martial controversy , As from ...
... lip Walks eager round the inspiring flip : Delicious draught ! whose powers inherit The quintessence of public spirit ; Which whoso tastes , perceives his mind To nobler politics refined ; Or roused to martial controversy , As from ...
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... grate The tender ear , and wound the stony plate ; But the smooth spoon , just fitted to the lip , And taught with art the yielding mass to clip , By frequent journeys to the bowl well stored , Performs xxxvi COLONIAL POETRY .
... grate The tender ear , and wound the stony plate ; But the smooth spoon , just fitted to the lip , And taught with art the yielding mass to clip , By frequent journeys to the bowl well stored , Performs xxxvi COLONIAL POETRY .
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... lips ! Not a full - blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it , Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips . And now , far removed from the loved situation , The tear of regret will intrusively swell , As fancy reverts to my ...
... lips ! Not a full - blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it , Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips . And now , far removed from the loved situation , The tear of regret will intrusively swell , As fancy reverts to my ...
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... lips ! In thy decaying beam there lies Full many a grave on hill and plain , Of those who closed their dying eyes In grief that they had lived in vain . Another night , and thou among The spheres of heaven shalt cease to shine , All ...
... lips ! In thy decaying beam there lies Full many a grave on hill and plain , Of those who closed their dying eyes In grief that they had lived in vain . Another night , and thou among The spheres of heaven shalt cease to shine , All ...
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