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Perchance , the very deep reverence my reading had led me to entertain for our
bards and sages deterred me from thrusting myself into the fellowship of beings
that seemed only a little lower than the angels . However , in spite of that very ...
Perchance , the very deep reverence my reading had led me to entertain for our
bards and sages deterred me from thrusting myself into the fellowship of beings
that seemed only a little lower than the angels . However , in spite of that very ...
Page xxv
These beautiful poems of Mr . Thomas Hood have had a deep moral effect on
different classes of society . If there are among those poems , and others of Mr .
Thomas Hood , some expressions of stern indignation - if there are some
passages ...
These beautiful poems of Mr . Thomas Hood have had a deep moral effect on
different classes of society . If there are among those poems , and others of Mr .
Thomas Hood , some expressions of stern indignation - if there are some
passages ...
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... fact that that great man , governing the destinies of this mighty nation , and
engaged as he was in the gravest pursuits , could nevertheless be drawn , by the
force of human sympathy , to take a deep interest in this simple man of letters .
... fact that that great man , governing the destinies of this mighty nation , and
engaged as he was in the gravest pursuits , could nevertheless be drawn , by the
force of human sympathy , to take a deep interest in this simple man of letters .
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... deep bells toll Like a last knell over the dead world ' s soul , Saying , Time shall
be final of all things , Whose late , last voice must elegize the whole , - O , then I
clap aloft my brave broad wings , And make the wide air tremble while it rings !
... deep bells toll Like a last knell over the dead world ' s soul , Saying , Time shall
be final of all things , Whose late , last voice must elegize the whole , - O , then I
clap aloft my brave broad wings , And make the wide air tremble while it rings !
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... And verdant aisles leading to Dryads halls , Or deep recesses where the Echo
calls ; — We shape all plumy trees against the sky , And carve tall elms '
Corinthian capitals , – When sometimes , as our tiny hatchets ply , Men say , the
tapping ...
... And verdant aisles leading to Dryads halls , Or deep recesses where the Echo
calls ; — We shape all plumy trees against the sky , And carve tall elms '
Corinthian capitals , – When sometimes , as our tiny hatchets ply , Men say , the
tapping ...
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Page 179 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER" I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day; But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. I remember, I remember The roses, red and white, The violets, and the lily-cups — Those flowers made of light!
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Page 164 - Alas, alas, fair Ines, She went away with song, With Music waiting on her steps, And shoutings of the throng; But some were sad, and felt no mirth, But only Music's wrong, In sounds that sang Farewell, Farewell, To her you've loved so long.
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| Title | The Works of Thomas Hood, Volume 1 The Works of Thomas Hood, Epes Sargent |
| Author | Thomas Hood |
| Editor | Epes Sargent |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1864 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2006 |
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