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... side of the ocean , not because they possess poetic excellence or harmonious melody . The more refined the production , the more slender its chances of becoming known , while some jingling tom- foolery dashed with a spice of quaintness ...
... side of the ocean , not because they possess poetic excellence or harmonious melody . The more refined the production , the more slender its chances of becoming known , while some jingling tom- foolery dashed with a spice of quaintness ...
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... side , And bare thy life to every danger ? Yet , go , brave youth ! to arms away ! My maiden hands for fight shall dress thee , And when the drum beats far away , I'll drop a silent tear , and bless thee . Return'd with honour from the ...
... side , And bare thy life to every danger ? Yet , go , brave youth ! to arms away ! My maiden hands for fight shall dress thee , And when the drum beats far away , I'll drop a silent tear , and bless thee . Return'd with honour from the ...
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... side , While the winds that over the prairie play , Shall fan the cheek of my woodland bride . Our home shall be by the cool , bright streams , Where the beaver chooses her safe retreat , And our hearth shall smile like the sun's warm ...
... side , While the winds that over the prairie play , Shall fan the cheek of my woodland bride . Our home shall be by the cool , bright streams , Where the beaver chooses her safe retreat , And our hearth shall smile like the sun's warm ...
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... side by side - just as man in his prime Lies down with the locks that are whitened by time : The trees which are felled into ashes will burn , As man , by Death's blow , unto dust will return . But twilight approaches ; the woodman and ...
... side by side - just as man in his prime Lies down with the locks that are whitened by time : The trees which are felled into ashes will burn , As man , by Death's blow , unto dust will return . But twilight approaches ; the woodman and ...
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... side or the other , some thinking that policy and duty required us to espouse the cause of republican France , as she was called ; while others were for connecting ourselves with England , under the belief that she was the great ...
... side or the other , some thinking that policy and duty required us to espouse the cause of republican France , as she was called ; while others were for connecting ourselves with England , under the belief that she was the great ...
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banner beam beauty Ben Bolt bend beneath billow bird bless bloom blue boys breast breath breeze bright Brooks brow charm clouds dark dear deep dream earth Excelsior fair father Fcap FENNO HOFFMAN fill high flag fond forget gale gentle gleam glowing golden ear hand happy hath heart heaven hope JOSEPH HOPKINSON land leave life's light lips look lyre mariners melody moon of flowers mother Music myrtle and steel neath never night o'er ocean old oaken bucket OSGOOD PARK BENJAMIN PILGRIM ROBERT SOUTHEY ROSALIE CLARE rose round sea-bird SEAMAN'S BETHEL Shirley Brooks shore sigh sing skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sparkling spirit star star-spangled banner storm stream summer sung sweet tears thee thine eye thou thought Valentine Vox voice WASHINGTON ALLSTON wave wild WILLIAM LEGGETT wind wing woodman words yellow corn
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Page 54 - Woodman, spare that tree, Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now: 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And would'st thou hack it down?
Page 63 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the...
Page 66 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 91 - ... Her deck once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea!
Page 66 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 91 - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes...
Page 13 - My life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon's pale ray, Its hold is frail — its...
Page 65 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ; And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there...
Page 63 - That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing ! And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well ; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, arose from the well.
Page 66 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto :