The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier: With Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological ListHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1919 - 598 pages |
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... sound , Whate'er its nature , form , or look , Excites his terror or surprise , All seeming to his knowing eyes Familiar as his ' catechise , ' Or ' Webster's Spelling - Book . ' 1833 . THE DEMON OF THE STUDY . 60 65 70 THE Brownie sits ...
... sound , Whate'er its nature , form , or look , Excites his terror or surprise , All seeming to his knowing eyes Familiar as his ' catechise , ' Or ' Webster's Spelling - Book . ' 1833 . THE DEMON OF THE STUDY . 60 65 70 THE Brownie sits ...
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... sound of flutes o'er a moonlight sea , Or the low soft music , perchance , which seems To float through the slumbering singer's dreams , 60 So sweet , so dear is the silvery tone , Of her in whose features I sometimes look , As I sit at ...
... sound of flutes o'er a moonlight sea , Or the low soft music , perchance , which seems To float through the slumbering singer's dreams , 60 So sweet , so dear is the silvery tone , Of her in whose features I sometimes look , As I sit at ...
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... sound , No bark of fox , nor rabbit's bound , Nor stir of wings , nor waters flowing , Nor leaves in midnight breezes blowing . 40 45 Was that the tread of many feet , Which downward from the hillside beat ? What forms were those which ...
... sound , No bark of fox , nor rabbit's bound , Nor stir of wings , nor waters flowing , Nor leaves in midnight breezes blowing . 40 45 Was that the tread of many feet , Which downward from the hillside beat ? What forms were those which ...
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... sound comes up the Merrimac ? What sea - worn barks are those which throw The light spray from each rushing prow ? Have they not in the North Sea's blast Bowed to the waves the straining mast ? 50 5 Their frozen sails the low , pale sun ...
... sound comes up the Merrimac ? What sea - worn barks are those which throw The light spray from each rushing prow ? Have they not in the North Sea's blast Bowed to the waves the straining mast ? 50 5 Their frozen sails the low , pale sun ...
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... sound of smitten shields I hear , Keeping a harsh and fitting time To Saga's chant , and Runic ' rhyme ; Such lays as Zetland's Scald has sung , His gray and naked isles among ; Or muttered low at midnight hour Round Odin's mossy stone ...
... sound of smitten shields I hear , Keeping a harsh and fitting time To Saga's chant , and Runic ' rhyme ; Such lays as Zetland's Scald has sung , His gray and naked isles among ; Or muttered low at midnight hour Round Odin's mossy stone ...
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