The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... night's transitory frost - work on our windows . A few beloved volumes , indeed , have their place in the heart ; but they are few ; and of these the praise belongs not exclusively to the genius of poetry , but to a far more precious ...
... night's transitory frost - work on our windows . A few beloved volumes , indeed , have their place in the heart ; but they are few ; and of these the praise belongs not exclusively to the genius of poetry , but to a far more precious ...
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... Night - flowering Cereus . God is Good . Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles . The Dying Child . To a Musquito . • • Earth , with her thousand Voices , praises God . The Blind Man's Lament . The Dying Girl . · Autumn . · • · Page ...
... Night - flowering Cereus . God is Good . Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles . The Dying Child . To a Musquito . • • Earth , with her thousand Voices , praises God . The Blind Man's Lament . The Dying Girl . · Autumn . · • · Page ...
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... night , by day , My Guide , my Guard from sin , My Life , my Trust , my Light Divine , To keep me pure within ; - Pure as the air , when day's first light A cloudless sky illumes , And active as the lark , that soars Till heaven shine ...
... night , by day , My Guide , my Guard from sin , My Life , my Trust , my Light Divine , To keep me pure within ; - Pure as the air , when day's first light A cloudless sky illumes , And active as the lark , that soars Till heaven shine ...
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... night When death is waiting for thy numbered hours To take their swift and everlasting flight ; Wake , ere the earth - born charin unnerve thee quite , And be thy thoughts to work divine addressed ; Do something - do it soon - with all ...
... night When death is waiting for thy numbered hours To take their swift and everlasting flight ; Wake , ere the earth - born charin unnerve thee quite , And be thy thoughts to work divine addressed ; Do something - do it soon - with all ...
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... - how bind Earth , self and brother to th ' Eternal Mind . Linked with th ' Immortal , immortality Begins e'en here . For what is time to thee , To whose cleared sight the night is turned to day COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 21.
... - how bind Earth , self and brother to th ' Eternal Mind . Linked with th ' Immortal , immortality Begins e'en here . For what is time to thee , To whose cleared sight the night is turned to day COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 21.
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