PoemsB.B.Mussey & Company, 1854 - 384 pages |
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Page iv
... human right and weal is shown ; A hate of tyranny intense , And hearty in its vehemence , As if my brother's pain and sorrow were my own . Oh Freedom ! if to me belong Nor mighty Milton's gift divine , Nor Marvel's wit and graceful song ...
... human right and weal is shown ; A hate of tyranny intense , And hearty in its vehemence , As if my brother's pain and sorrow were my own . Oh Freedom ! if to me belong Nor mighty Milton's gift divine , Nor Marvel's wit and graceful song ...
Page vii
... FEMALE MARTYR , THE FROST SPIRIT , ... 244 .. 247 THE HUMAN SACRIFICE , THE PRISONER FOR DEBT ,. 281 .... 274 THE PUMPKIN , • · THE QUAKER OF THE OLDEN TIME , THE REFORMER , 329 269 271 PAGE . THE REWARD , 339 ... THE STAR OF CONTENTS .
... FEMALE MARTYR , THE FROST SPIRIT , ... 244 .. 247 THE HUMAN SACRIFICE , THE PRISONER FOR DEBT ,. 281 .... 274 THE PUMPKIN , • · THE QUAKER OF THE OLDEN TIME , THE REFORMER , 329 269 271 PAGE . THE REWARD , 339 ... THE STAR OF CONTENTS .
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... human faces , white clouds of the noon , Slant starlight glimpses through the dewy leaves , And tenderest moonrise . ' Twas , in truth , a study , To mark his spirit , alternating between A decent and professional gravity And an ...
... human faces , white clouds of the noon , Slant starlight glimpses through the dewy leaves , And tenderest moonrise . ' Twas , in truth , a study , To mark his spirit , alternating between A decent and professional gravity And an ...
Page 12
... human loveliness The missal of young hearts , whose sacred text Is music , its illumining sweet smiles . He sang the songs she loved ; and in his low , Deep earnest voice , recited many a page Of poetry ― - the holiest , tenderest lines ...
... human loveliness The missal of young hearts , whose sacred text Is music , its illumining sweet smiles . He sang the songs she loved ; and in his low , Deep earnest voice , recited many a page Of poetry ― - the holiest , tenderest lines ...
Page 40
... glance , 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 .
... glance , 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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