City PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1857 - 138 pages |
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... thought , " That maniac , Fire , is loose ; who was so tame , When little children looked into his face , He laughed and blinked within his prison - grate . His fit is on ; the merry winking elf Has rushed into a hungry crimson fiend ...
... thought , " That maniac , Fire , is loose ; who was so tame , When little children looked into his face , He laughed and blinked within his prison - grate . His fit is on ; the merry winking elf Has rushed into a hungry crimson fiend ...
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... thought , " And all my past shall be washed out at once . " I knelt , and lifted pale beseeching hands- " I have drunk poison , and can sleep no more ; Give me this water , for I would forget . ” But Sleep stood silent , and his eyes ...
... thought , " And all my past shall be washed out at once . " I knelt , and lifted pale beseeching hands- " I have drunk poison , and can sleep no more ; Give me this water , for I would forget . ” But Sleep stood silent , and his eyes ...
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... thought , " Great Death will hallow all these flippant lips , And make each poor face awful . Truest tears Will not seem wasted when they fall on them . O Father , what is Death ? We sport at eve , A playmate's lips grow pale , the game ...
... thought , " Great Death will hallow all these flippant lips , And make each poor face awful . Truest tears Will not seem wasted when they fall on them . O Father , what is Death ? We sport at eve , A playmate's lips grow pale , the game ...
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... thoughts ? " 66 My thoughts ? -the charitable snow which cools A hot volcano's lips ; the nurse that takes Alike the crying and the crowing babe , And stills them with a kiss . " We all arose ; The emptying warehouses had filled the ...
... thoughts ? " 66 My thoughts ? -the charitable snow which cools A hot volcano's lips ; the nurse that takes Alike the crying and the crowing babe , And stills them with a kiss . " We all arose ; The emptying warehouses had filled the ...
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... thought stood in them ere ' t was spoken ; Wit Laughed on you from the windows ere she danced Out on you from the door . HARRY . I've heard men speak Of Horton with such pity in their tones , That I conceived he had been cruelly hurt By ...
... thought stood in them ere ' t was spoken ; Wit Laughed on you from the windows ere she danced Out on you from the door . HARRY . I've heard men speak Of Horton with such pity in their tones , That I conceived he had been cruelly hurt By ...
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