The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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Page 35
... gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds , with the fair and good of ours . The rain is falling where they lie ; but the cold November rain Calls not , from out the gloomy earth , the lovely ones again . The wind - flower ...
... gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds , with the fair and good of ours . The rain is falling where they lie ; but the cold November rain Calls not , from out the gloomy earth , the lovely ones again . The wind - flower ...
Page 36
... gentle and so beautiful , should perish with the flowers . The Skies . - BRYANT . Ay , gloriously thou standest there , Beautiful , boundless firmament ! That , swelling wide o'er earth and air , And round the horizon bent , With that ...
... gentle and so beautiful , should perish with the flowers . The Skies . - BRYANT . Ay , gloriously thou standest there , Beautiful , boundless firmament ! That , swelling wide o'er earth and air , And round the horizon bent , With that ...
Page 40
... gentle showers , It yields the purest sweetness to the breeze , Or all the tranquil atmosphere perfumes . E'en from the juicy leaves , of sudden growth , And the rank grass of steaming ground , the air , Filled with a watery glimmering ...
... gentle showers , It yields the purest sweetness to the breeze , Or all the tranquil atmosphere perfumes . E'en from the juicy leaves , of sudden growth , And the rank grass of steaming ground , the air , Filled with a watery glimmering ...
Page 41
... gently rocking , sits , Her strain repeating . Slavery . - CARLOS WILCOX . ALL are born free , and all with equal rights So speaks the charter of a nation proud Of her unequalled liberties and laws , While , in that nation , -shameful ...
... gently rocking , sits , Her strain repeating . Slavery . - CARLOS WILCOX . ALL are born free , and all with equal rights So speaks the charter of a nation proud Of her unequalled liberties and laws , While , in that nation , -shameful ...
Page 62
... gentle hand , From fronting shore and woody island near In echoes quick returned more mellow and more clear . And he could cherish wild and mournful dreams , In the pine grove , when low the full moon , fair , Shot under lofty tops her ...
... gentle hand , From fronting shore and woody island near In echoes quick returned more mellow and more clear . And he could cherish wild and mournful dreams , In the pine grove , when low the full moon , fair , Shot under lofty tops her ...
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Absalom beams beauty bend beneath bird blessed bloom blue bosom breast breath breeze bright brow calm CARLOS WILCOX clouds cold dark dead death deep dread dream dwell earth eternal fair fear feel flowers gathering band gaze gentle gloom glorious glory glow golden golden sun gone grave green Hadad hath hear heart heaven hills holy hour leaves light lips living lonely look lyre morning mountain Nath neath night o'er old oaken bucket pale peace praise prayer pure rest roll round Rudbari Samuel F. B. Morse scene shade shine shore silent skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit stars storm stream sublime sweet swell tears tempest thee thine thou art thought throne tomb tread trees Twas Twill vale vermil voice waters waves waves dance weary weep wild winds wings woods youth