PoemsB.B.Mussey & Company, 1854 - 384 pages |
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Page 9
... heaven , shine upward from the lake Of Winnepiseogee ; and had felt The sunrise breezes , midst the leafy isles Which stoop their summer beauty to the lips Of the bright waters . We had checked our steeds , Silent with wonder , where ...
... heaven , shine upward from the lake Of Winnepiseogee ; and had felt The sunrise breezes , midst the leafy isles Which stoop their summer beauty to the lips Of the bright waters . We had checked our steeds , Silent with wonder , where ...
Page 49
... heaven's own pure and perfect bow , That glorious picture of the air , Which summer's light - robed angel forms On the dark ground of fading storms , - With pencil dipped in sunbeams there- And , stretching out , on either hand , O'er ...
... heaven's own pure and perfect bow , That glorious picture of the air , Which summer's light - robed angel forms On the dark ground of fading storms , - With pencil dipped in sunbeams there- And , stretching out , on either hand , O'er ...
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... Heaven , With a keener woe be riven , For its weak and sinful trust In the strength of human dust ; And its anguish thrill afresh , For each vain reliance given To the failing arm of flesh . form . He was undoubtedly sincere in his ...
... Heaven , With a keener woe be riven , For its weak and sinful trust In the strength of human dust ; And its anguish thrill afresh , For each vain reliance given To the failing arm of flesh . form . He was undoubtedly sincere in his ...
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... heaven may never bless Fears which darken to despair . Hoary priest thy dream is done Of a hundred red tribes won To the pale of Holy Church ; And the heretic o'erthrown , And his name no longer known , And thy weary brethren turning ...
... heaven may never bless Fears which darken to despair . Hoary priest thy dream is done Of a hundred red tribes won To the pale of Holy Church ; And the heretic o'erthrown , And his name no longer known , And thy weary brethren turning ...
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... Heaven The holy only enter in ! Oh ! by the widow's sore distress , The orphan's wailing wretchedness , By Virtue struggling in the accursed Embraces of polluting Lust , By the fell discord of the Pit , And the pained souls that people ...
... Heaven The holy only enter in ! Oh ! by the widow's sore distress , The orphan's wailing wretchedness , By Virtue struggling in the accursed Embraces of polluting Lust , By the fell discord of the Pit , And the pained souls that people ...
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