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... thee ? Soul of this world , this Universe's eye , No wonder some made thee a deity ; Had I not better known , ( alas ) the same had I. But though MRS . BRADSTREET is indeed the first writer of original poetry in America , the first ...
... thee ? Soul of this world , this Universe's eye , No wonder some made thee a deity ; Had I not better known , ( alas ) the same had I. But though MRS . BRADSTREET is indeed the first writer of original poetry in America , the first ...
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... Thee the soft nations round the warm Levant Polanta call , the French of course Polante- E'en in thy native regions , how I blush To hear the Pennsylvanians call thee Mush ! On Hudson's banks while men of Belgic spawn Insult and eat thee ...
... Thee the soft nations round the warm Levant Polanta call , the French of course Polante- E'en in thy native regions , how I blush To hear the Pennsylvanians call thee Mush ! On Hudson's banks while men of Belgic spawn Insult and eat thee ...
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... thee here , No busy hand provoke a tear . By Nature's self in white array'd , She bade thee shun the vulgar eye , And planted here the guardian shade , And sent soft waters murmuring by : Thus quietly thy summer goes— Thy days declining ...
... thee here , No busy hand provoke a tear . By Nature's self in white array'd , She bade thee shun the vulgar eye , And planted here the guardian shade , And sent soft waters murmuring by : Thus quietly thy summer goes— Thy days declining ...
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... they greeted , And when its close was calm , The leafless woods repeated The music of their psalm . 11 Not thus , O God , to praise Thee , WILLIAM MAXWELL JOHN PIERPONT My Child SAMUEL WOODWORTH Plymouth Dedication Hymn.
... they greeted , And when its close was calm , The leafless woods repeated The music of their psalm . 11 Not thus , O God , to praise Thee , WILLIAM MAXWELL JOHN PIERPONT My Child SAMUEL WOODWORTH Plymouth Dedication Hymn.
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... Thee , Do we , their children , throng ; The temple's arch we raise Thee Gives back our choral song . Yet , on the winds that bore Thee Their worship and their prayers , May ours come up before Thee From hearts as true as theirs ! What ...
... Thee , Do we , their children , throng ; The temple's arch we raise Thee Gives back our choral song . Yet , on the winds that bore Thee Their worship and their prayers , May ours come up before Thee From hearts as true as theirs ! What ...
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