American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 17Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 - American periodicals |
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... o'er her plains of sand ! Scan every stone from base to brow , And to the light each record bring ; Then tell me who lies buried there , A bullock or a king ? No trace remains ! - no record now Is found their origin to tell ; Whether a ...
... o'er her plains of sand ! Scan every stone from base to brow , And to the light each record bring ; Then tell me who lies buried there , A bullock or a king ? No trace remains ! - no record now Is found their origin to tell ; Whether a ...
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... o'er the valley's rill ; And leans from cliff and crag , to throw Its wild arms o'er the stream below . Unchanged , alone , the same bright river Flows on , as it will flow forever ! I listen , and I hear the low Soft ripple where its ...
... o'er the valley's rill ; And leans from cliff and crag , to throw Its wild arms o'er the stream below . Unchanged , alone , the same bright river Flows on , as it will flow forever ! I listen , and I hear the low Soft ripple where its ...
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... o'er the waters , Lessening through driving mist and spray , Like white - wing'd sea - birds on their way ! Onward they glide — and now I view Their iron - armed and stalwart crew ; Joy glistens in each wild blue eye , Turned to green ...
... o'er the waters , Lessening through driving mist and spray , Like white - wing'd sea - birds on their way ! Onward they glide — and now I view Their iron - armed and stalwart crew ; Joy glistens in each wild blue eye , Turned to green ...
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... O'er sea and land I rave ; An oak - tree for my sceptre take ; Of lofty towers , my crown I make ; My suppliants , the brave . I drive my car with ' vengeful speed , Nor fleet nor forest spare ; And India's treasures are no more Than ...
... O'er sea and land I rave ; An oak - tree for my sceptre take ; Of lofty towers , my crown I make ; My suppliants , the brave . I drive my car with ' vengeful speed , Nor fleet nor forest spare ; And India's treasures are no more Than ...
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... o'er them your sweet voices pass . The waters of the babbling stream , As o'er their pebbled bed they roll , Mingling their clear melodious tones In tinkling ripples , charm the soul ! The wild bee joins his tuneful hum , The beetle ...
... o'er them your sweet voices pass . The waters of the babbling stream , As o'er their pebbled bed they roll , Mingling their clear melodious tones In tinkling ripples , charm the soul ! The wild bee joins his tuneful hum , The beetle ...
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