Poetry of America: Selections from One Hundred American Poets from 1776 to 1876G. Bell, 1878 - 387 pages |
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... look'd the more I grew amaz'd , And softly said , what glory's like to thee ? Soul of this world , this Universe's eye , No wonder some made thee a deity ; Had I not better known , ( alas ) the same had I. But though MRS . BRADSTREET is ...
... look'd the more I grew amaz'd , And softly said , what glory's like to thee ? Soul of this world , this Universe's eye , No wonder some made thee a deity ; Had I not better known , ( alas ) the same had I. But though MRS . BRADSTREET is ...
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... look , I find none of the last ! The present is barren , -let's drink to the past ! Come ! here's to the girl with a voice sweet and low , The eye all of fire and the bosom of snow , Who erewhile in the days of my youth that are fled ...
... look , I find none of the last ! The present is barren , -let's drink to the past ! Come ! here's to the girl with a voice sweet and low , The eye all of fire and the bosom of snow , Who erewhile in the days of my youth that are fled ...
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... look ; Left flaunting flowers and open sky , And woo'd me by the shady brook . And like the brook his 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 ...
... look ; Left flaunting flowers and open sky , And woo'd me by the shady brook . And like the brook his 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 ...
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... look at once to heaven and thee , And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye . Flag of the free heart's hope and home , By angel hands to valour given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome , And all thy hues were ...
... look at once to heaven and thee , And smile to see thy splendours fly In triumph o'er his closing eye . Flag of the free heart's hope and home , By angel hands to valour given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome , And all thy hues were ...
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... Look through its fringes to the sky , Blue - blue - as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall . I would that thus , when I shall see The hour of death draw near to me , Hope , blossoming within my heart , May look to ...
... Look through its fringes to the sky , Blue - blue - as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall . I would that thus , when I shall see The hour of death draw near to me , Hope , blossoming within my heart , May look to ...
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