The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... grave and the other world may possibly here find hearers who would listen to it no where else . A devout and solemn reflection may steal , with the poetry of this volume , into the most secret recess of some careless heart , and there ...
... grave and the other world may possibly here find hearers who would listen to it no where else . A devout and solemn reflection may steal , with the poetry of this volume , into the most secret recess of some careless heart , and there ...
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... Graves of the Patriots . Funeral Hymn . To Laura , two Years of Age . • • Bryant . 114 Alonzo Lewis . 115 Robert C. Sands . 116 N. P. Willis . 119 J. W. Eastburn . 120 Rufus Dawes . 121 W. B. Tappan . 123 Mrs. Sigourney . 123 Lucretia ...
... Graves of the Patriots . Funeral Hymn . To Laura , two Years of Age . • • Bryant . 114 Alonzo Lewis . 115 Robert C. Sands . 116 N. P. Willis . 119 J. W. Eastburn . 120 Rufus Dawes . 121 W. B. Tappan . 123 Mrs. Sigourney . 123 Lucretia ...
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... Grave of the Indian Chief . • • · Percival . 267 Escape from Winter . • • • Percival . 267 Bury me with my Fathers . Redemption . On the Close of the Year . Saturday Afternoon . Andrews Norton . 269 · W. B. Tappan . 269 Christian ...
... Grave of the Indian Chief . • • · Percival . 267 Escape from Winter . • • • Percival . 267 Bury me with my Fathers . Redemption . On the Close of the Year . Saturday Afternoon . Andrews Norton . 269 · W. B. Tappan . 269 Christian ...
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... Grave of my Sister . The Revellers . " I would not live always . " The Disimbodied Spirit . • Mrs. Sigourney . 386 • Pierpont . 387 Commercial Advertiser . 388 • Carlos Wilcox . 389 · · • Anonymous . 389 Anonymous . 390 Micah P. Flint ...
... Grave of my Sister . The Revellers . " I would not live always . " The Disimbodied Spirit . • Mrs. Sigourney . 386 • Pierpont . 387 Commercial Advertiser . 388 • Carlos Wilcox . 389 · · • Anonymous . 389 Anonymous . 390 Micah P. Flint ...
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... grave with amaranthine flowers , And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers . Inscription for the Entrance into a Wood - Bryant STRANGER , if thou hast learnt a truth , which needs Experience more than reason , that the ...
... grave with amaranthine flowers , And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers . Inscription for the Entrance into a Wood - Bryant STRANGER , if thou hast learnt a truth , which needs Experience more than reason , that the ...
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