The World's Best Poetry ...John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard J. D. Morris, 1904 - English poetry |
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... once abode The imperial race of everlasting Rome . " O God - head , give me Truth ! " the Hebrew cried . His prayer was granted . He became the slave Of the Idea , a pilgrim far and wide , Cursed , hated , spurned , and scourged with ...
... once abode The imperial race of everlasting Rome . " O God - head , give me Truth ! " the Hebrew cried . His prayer was granted . He became the slave Of the Idea , a pilgrim far and wide , Cursed , hated , spurned , and scourged with ...
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... once at the dust , But not a bit more of the island . THOMAS DIBDIN . THE JACOBITE ON TOWER HILL . HE tripped up the steps with a bow and a smile , Offering snuff to the chaplain the while , A rose at his button - hole that afternoon ...
... once at the dust , But not a bit more of the island . THOMAS DIBDIN . THE JACOBITE ON TOWER HILL . HE tripped up the steps with a bow and a smile , Offering snuff to the chaplain the while , A rose at his button - hole that afternoon ...
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... Once more his foot on Highland heath Had trod as free as air , Or I , and all who bore my name , Been laid around him there ! It might not be . They placed him next Within the solemn hall , Where once the Scottish kings were throned ...
... Once more his foot on Highland heath Had trod as free as air , Or I , and all who bore my name , Been laid around him there ! It might not be . They placed him next Within the solemn hall , Where once the Scottish kings were throned ...
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... once more looks down 66 Amidst the dazzling day . He is coming ! he is coming ! " Like a bridegroom from his room Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and the doom . There was glory on his forehead , There was lustre in his eye ...
... once more looks down 66 Amidst the dazzling day . He is coming ! he is coming ! " Like a bridegroom from his room Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and the doom . There was glory on his forehead , There was lustre in his eye ...
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... Once more his foot on Highland heath Had trod as free as air , Or I , and all who bore my name , Been laid around him there ! It might not be . They placed him next Within the solemn hall , Where once the Scottish kings were throned ...
... Once more his foot on Highland heath Had trod as free as air , Or I , and all who bore my name , Been laid around him there ! It might not be . They placed him next Within the solemn hall , Where once the Scottish kings were throned ...
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