Yale Book of American VerseThomas R. Lounsbury Yale University Press, 1912 - 570 pages |
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Page xxxv
... hope and the depression of spirit which the shadow of death had already begun to cast upon his life : A sense it was , that I could see The angel leave my side- That thenceforth my prosperity Must be a falling tide ; A strange and ...
... hope and the depression of spirit which the shadow of death had already begun to cast upon his life : A sense it was , that I could see The angel leave my side- That thenceforth my prosperity Must be a falling tide ; A strange and ...
Page xlvi
... hope or reason- ably expect is that the reader who regrets not to find here poems which , in his opinion , ought not to have been excluded , will take no serious exception to the large majority of those which have been included . It ...
... hope or reason- ably expect is that the reader who regrets not to find here poems which , in his opinion , ought not to have been excluded , will take no serious exception to the large majority of those which have been included . It ...
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... hope , sorrow - all save fear . Love for thy land , as if she were thy daughter , Her pipe in peace , her tomahawk in wars ; Hatred of missionaries and cold water ; Pride in thy rifle trophies and thy scars ; Hope that thy wrongs may be ...
... hope , sorrow - all save fear . Love for thy land , as if she were thy daughter , Her pipe in peace , her tomahawk in wars ; Hatred of missionaries and cold water ; Pride in thy rifle trophies and thy scars ; Hope that thy wrongs may be ...
Page 53
... hope and courage yet , Upon the soil they fought to save . Now all is calm , and fresh , and still ; Alone the chirp of flitting bird , And talk of children on the hill , And bell of wandering kine , are heard . No solemn host goes ...
... hope and courage yet , Upon the soil they fought to save . Now all is calm , and fresh , and still ; Alone the chirp of flitting bird , And talk of children on the hill , And bell of wandering kine , are heard . No solemn host goes ...
Page 54
... , though thou lie upon the dust , When they who helped thee flee in fear , Die full of hope and manly trust , Like those who fell in battle here . Another hand thy sword shall wield , Another hand the [ 54 ] WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 1794-1878.
... , though thou lie upon the dust , When they who helped thee flee in fear , Die full of hope and manly trust , Like those who fell in battle here . Another hand thy sword shall wield , Another hand the [ 54 ] WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 1794-1878.
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