Yale Book of American VerseThomas R. Lounsbury Yale University Press, 1912 - 570 pages |
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... hath made and preserved us a nation . Then conquer we must , for our cause it is just . And this be our motto- " In God is our trust ; " And the star - spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free , and the home of ...
... hath made and preserved us a nation . Then conquer we must , for our cause it is just . And this be our motto- " In God is our trust ; " And the star - spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free , and the home of ...
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... hath heard his song , nor knelt Before its spell with willing knee , And listened , and believed , and felt The Poet's mastery O'er the mind's sea , in calm and storm , O'er the heart's sunshine and its showers , O'er Passion's moments ...
... hath heard his song , nor knelt Before its spell with willing knee , And listened , and believed , and felt The Poet's mastery O'er the mind's sea , in calm and storm , O'er the heart's sunshine and its showers , O'er Passion's moments ...
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... poet's magic Could make Red Jacket grace an English rhyme , Though some one with a genius for the tragic Hath introduced it in a pantomine , Yet it is music in the language spoken Of thine [ 27 ] FITZ - GREENE HALLECK 1790-1867.
... poet's magic Could make Red Jacket grace an English rhyme , Though some one with a genius for the tragic Hath introduced it in a pantomine , Yet it is music in the language spoken Of thine [ 27 ] FITZ - GREENE HALLECK 1790-1867.
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... Soon shalt thou find a summer home , and rest , And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend , Soon , o'er thy sheltered nest . Thou ' rt gone , the abyss of heaven Hath [ 39 ] WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 1794-1878 To a Waterfowl.
... Soon shalt thou find a summer home , and rest , And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend , Soon , o'er thy sheltered nest . Thou ' rt gone , the abyss of heaven Hath [ 39 ] WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 1794-1878 To a Waterfowl.
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Thomas R. Lounsbury. Thou ' rt gone , the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet , on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given , And shall not soon depart . He who , from zone to zone , Guides through the boundless ...
Thomas R. Lounsbury. Thou ' rt gone , the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet , on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given , And shall not soon depart . He who , from zone to zone , Guides through the boundless ...
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