PoemsB.B.Mussey & Company, 1854 - 384 pages |
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Page 11
... breath Of sect , or cobwebs of scholastic lore ; Like a clear crystal calm of water , taking The hue and image of o'erleaning flowers , Sweet human faces , white clouds of the noon , Slant starlight glimpses through the dewy leaves ...
... breath Of sect , or cobwebs of scholastic lore ; Like a clear crystal calm of water , taking The hue and image of o'erleaning flowers , Sweet human faces , white clouds of the noon , Slant starlight glimpses through the dewy leaves ...
Page 12
... breath , and visibly drooped Like a flower in the frost . So , in that quiet inn Which looks from Conway on the mountains piled Heavily against the horizon of the north , Like summer thunder - clouds , we made our home : And while the ...
... breath , and visibly drooped Like a flower in the frost . So , in that quiet inn Which looks from Conway on the mountains piled Heavily against the horizon of the north , Like summer thunder - clouds , we made our home : And while the ...
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... as it questions the eye of Megone- An awful meaning of guilt and sin ! - The Indian hath opened his blanket , and there Hangs a human scalp by its long damp hair ! With hand upraised , with quick - drawn breath , 40 POEMS .
... as it questions the eye of Megone- An awful meaning of guilt and sin ! - The Indian hath opened his blanket , and there Hangs a human scalp by its long damp hair ! With hand upraised , with quick - drawn breath , 40 POEMS .
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John Greenleaf Whittier. With hand upraised , with quick - drawn breath , She meets that ghastly sign of death . In one long , glassy , spectral stare The enlarging eye is fastened there , As if that mesh of pale brown hair Had power to ...
John Greenleaf Whittier. With hand upraised , with quick - drawn breath , She meets that ghastly sign of death . In one long , glassy , spectral stare The enlarging eye is fastened there , As if that mesh of pale brown hair Had power to ...
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... breath ! " Father ! - my life I value less Than yonder fool his gaudy dress ; And how it ends it matters not , By heart - break or by rifle - shot : But spare awhile the scoff and threat Our business is not finished yet . " — " True ...
... breath ! " Father ! - my life I value less Than yonder fool his gaudy dress ; And how it ends it matters not , By heart - break or by rifle - shot : But spare awhile the scoff and threat Our business is not finished yet . " — " True ...
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