PoemsB.B.Mussey & Company, 1854 - 384 pages |
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... light - woven by the sun , * Winnepurkit , otherwise called George , Sachem of Saugus , married a daughter of Passaconaway , the great Pennacook chieftain , in 1662. The wedding took place at Pennacook ( now Concord , N. H. ) , and the ...
... light - woven by the sun , * Winnepurkit , otherwise called George , Sachem of Saugus , married a daughter of Passaconaway , the great Pennacook chieftain , in 1662. The wedding took place at Pennacook ( now Concord , N. H. ) , and the ...
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... light dip of oars . Green - tufted , oak - shaded , by Amoskeag's fall Thy twin Uncanoonucs rose stately and tall , Thy Nashua meadows lay green and unshorn , And the hills of Pentucket were tasseled with corn . But thy Pennacook valley ...
... light dip of oars . Green - tufted , oak - shaded , by Amoskeag's fall Thy twin Uncanoonucs rose stately and tall , Thy Nashua meadows lay green and unshorn , And the hills of Pentucket were tasseled with corn . But thy Pennacook valley ...
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... light , And the night - stars glimmered down , Where the lodge - fire's heavy smoke , Slowly through an opening broke , In the low roof , ribbed with oak , Sheathed with hemlock brown . Gloomed behind the changeless shade , By the ...
... light , And the night - stars glimmered down , Where the lodge - fire's heavy smoke , Slowly through an opening broke , In the low roof , ribbed with oak , Sheathed with hemlock brown . Gloomed behind the changeless shade , By the ...
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... light mocasin she wore , Had slowly wasted on her grave , Unmarked of him the dark maids sped Their sunset dance and moon - lit play ; No other shared his lonely bed , No other fair young head upon his bosom lay . A lone , stern man ...
... light mocasin she wore , Had slowly wasted on her grave , Unmarked of him the dark maids sped Their sunset dance and moon - lit play ; No other shared his lonely bed , No other fair young head upon his bosom lay . A lone , stern man ...
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... light and graceful form which sprang To meet him when his step was heard Eyes by his lodge - fire flashing dark , Small fingers stringing bead and shell Or weaving mats of bright - hued bark , With these the household - god had graced ...
... light and graceful form which sprang To meet him when his step was heard Eyes by his lodge - fire flashing dark , Small fingers stringing bead and shell Or weaving mats of bright - hued bark , With these the household - god had graced ...
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