Poetry of America: Selections from One Hundred American Poets from 1776 to 1876G. Bell, 1878 - 387 pages |
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... stood by my side in its peace and its strife ! Would you know where to seek for a blessing so rare ? Go drag the lone sea , you may find him there . And here's to a brace of twin cherubs of mine , With hearts like their mother's , as ...
... stood by my side in its peace and its strife ! Would you know where to seek for a blessing so rare ? Go drag the lone sea , you may find him there . And here's to a brace of twin cherubs of mine , With hearts like their mother's , as ...
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... stood , in open air . When breaking day they greeted , And when its close was calm , The leafless woods repeated The music of their psalm . 11 Not thus , O God , to praise Thee , WILLIAM MAXWELL JOHN PIERPONT My Child SAMUEL WOODWORTH ...
... stood , in open air . When breaking day they greeted , And when its close was calm , The leafless woods repeated The music of their psalm . 11 Not thus , O God , to praise Thee , WILLIAM MAXWELL JOHN PIERPONT My Child SAMUEL WOODWORTH ...
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... stood And raised their hymn . ' Peace to the reverend dead ! The light , that on their head Two hundred years have shed , Shall ne'er grow dim . Ye temples , that to God Rise where our fathers trod ! Guard well your trust : The faith ...
... stood And raised their hymn . ' Peace to the reverend dead ! The light , that on their head Two hundred years have shed , Shall ne'er grow dim . Ye temples , that to God Rise where our fathers trod ! Guard well your trust : The faith ...
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... stood to trace The wither'd stems , there stole a tear , That I could read in his sad face- Brothers ! our sorrows make us near . And then he stretch'd him all along , And laid his head upon my breast , Listening the water's peaceful ...
... stood to trace The wither'd stems , there stole a tear , That I could read in his sad face- Brothers ! our sorrows make us near . And then he stretch'd him all along , And laid his head upon my breast , Listening the water's peaceful ...
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... stood for death or life . Swords cross'd , that never met While nerve was in the hands that wielded them ; Hands better destined a fair family stem On these free shores to set . Kept cross'd by gentlest bands ! Emblems no more of battle ...
... stood for death or life . Swords cross'd , that never met While nerve was in the hands that wielded them ; Hands better destined a fair family stem On these free shores to set . Kept cross'd by gentlest bands ! Emblems no more of battle ...
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