The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters, Volume 1John Keese S. Colman, 1841 - American poetry |
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... dreams we loved in early life , May melt like mist away ; High thoughts may seem , mid passion's strife , Like Carthage in decay ; And proud hopes in the human heart May be to ruin hurled ; Like mouldering monuments of art Heaped on a ...
... dreams we loved in early life , May melt like mist away ; High thoughts may seem , mid passion's strife , Like Carthage in decay ; And proud hopes in the human heart May be to ruin hurled ; Like mouldering monuments of art Heaped on a ...
Page 168
... Dreams , Hadad , empty dreams . Had . These Deities They invocate with cheerful , gentle rites , Hang garlands on their altars , heap their shrines With Nature's bounties , fruits , and fragrant flowers . Not like yon gory mount that ...
... Dreams , Hadad , empty dreams . Had . These Deities They invocate with cheerful , gentle rites , Hang garlands on their altars , heap their shrines With Nature's bounties , fruits , and fragrant flowers . Not like yon gory mount that ...
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... Dream not , when upon thy pillow , That he slumbers by thy side ; For his corse beneath the billow Heaveth with the restless tide . Children , who as sweet flowers growing , Laugh amidst the sorrowing rains , Know ye many clouds are ...
... Dream not , when upon thy pillow , That he slumbers by thy side ; For his corse beneath the billow Heaveth with the restless tide . Children , who as sweet flowers growing , Laugh amidst the sorrowing rains , Know ye many clouds are ...
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ALBERT PIKE autumn beams beautiful beneath bird blest bliss bloom blossoms boughs breast breath bright brow CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN chimes clouds dark deep dost doth dreams earth eternal FELICIA HEMANS flowers FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD friends gay woods gaze gentle GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE Give me armour gleam glorious glory golden air graceful band grave green HADAD hand hath hear heart heaven hills holy hour hues leaves life's light lingers lone look loveliness melody midnight mighty moon morning mountain mournful murmur NORTH BURIAL GROUND o'er pale passed rest rolled round shade shadows shine shore silent sing skies sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring stars storm stream sweet swells tears thee thine thou art thought throne tree URSA MAJOR vale voice WASHINGTON ALLSTON watch waves weary wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT winds wings woods youthful