Poetry of America: Selections from One Hundred American Poets from 1776 to 1876 |
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... Waiting by the Gate JAMES FITZ - GREENE HALLECK . Marco Bozzaris JAMES GATES PERCIVAL . : : : : : : : It is Great for Our Country to Die The Coral Grove MARIA GOWEN BROOKS . Song ( Day , in melting purple dying ) JOHN GARDNER CALKINS ...
... Waiting by the Gate JAMES FITZ - GREENE HALLECK . Marco Bozzaris JAMES GATES PERCIVAL . : : : : : : : It is Great for Our Country to Die The Coral Grove MARIA GOWEN BROOKS . Song ( Day , in melting purple dying ) JOHN GARDNER CALKINS ...
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... wait upon her ; Venus , though divinely bright , Can not boast a satellite . JOHN PIERPONT . Born at Litchfield , Connecticut , 1785 - died 1866 . PLYMOUTH DEDICATION HYMN . THE winds and waves were roaring ; The Pilgrims met for prayer ...
... wait upon her ; Venus , though divinely bright , Can not boast a satellite . JOHN PIERPONT . Born at Litchfield , Connecticut , 1785 - died 1866 . PLYMOUTH DEDICATION HYMN . THE winds and waves were roaring ; The Pilgrims met for prayer ...
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... wait so long , Hail this meek cross at last . JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE . Born in New York 1795 - died 1820 . WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air , She tore the azure robe of night , And set the stars of ...
... wait so long , Hail this meek cross at last . JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE . Born in New York 1795 - died 1820 . WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl'd her standard to the air , She tore the azure robe of night , And set the stars of ...
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... WAITING BY THE GATE . BESIDE a massive gateway built up in years gone by , Upon whose top the clouds in eternal shadow lie , While streams the evening sunshine on quiet wood and lea , I stand and calmly wait till the hinges turn for me ...
... WAITING BY THE GATE . BESIDE a massive gateway built up in years gone by , Upon whose top the clouds in eternal shadow lie , While streams the evening sunshine on quiet wood and lea , I stand and calmly wait till the hinges turn for me ...
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... wait . Once more the gates are open'd ; an infant group go out , The sweet smile quench'd forever , and still'd the sprightly shout . Oh frail , frail tree of Life , that upon the greensward strows Its fair young buds unopen'd , with ...
... wait . Once more the gates are open'd ; an infant group go out , The sweet smile quench'd forever , and still'd the sprightly shout . Oh frail , frail tree of Life , that upon the greensward strows Its fair young buds unopen'd , with ...
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