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... dead ! " they said to him . Kiss her ! and leave her ! — thy love is clay ! " They smoothed her tresses of dark brown hair ; On her forehead of marble they laid it fair : Over her eyes , which gazed too much , They drew the lids with a ...
... dead ! " they said to him . Kiss her ! and leave her ! — thy love is clay ! " They smoothed her tresses of dark brown hair ; On her forehead of marble they laid it fair : Over her eyes , which gazed too much , They drew the lids with a ...
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... dead , — He lit his lamp , and took the key , And turn'd it ! — Alone again— he and she ! He and she ; but she would not speak , Though he kiss'd , in the old place , the quiet cheek ; He and she ; yet she would not smile , Though he ...
... dead , — He lit his lamp , and took the key , And turn'd it ! — Alone again— he and she ! He and she ; but she would not speak , Though he kiss'd , in the old place , the quiet cheek ; He and she ; yet she would not smile , Though he ...
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... Dead ! oh , Dead most dear , I hold the breath of my soul to hear ; " I listen as deep as to horrible hell , As high as to heaven ! —and you do not tell ! " There must be pleasures in dying , Sweet , To make you so placid from head to ...
... Dead ! oh , Dead most dear , I hold the breath of my soul to hear ; " I listen as deep as to horrible hell , As high as to heaven ! —and you do not tell ! " There must be pleasures in dying , Sweet , To make you so placid from head to ...
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... Dead ! Though he told me , who will believe it was said ? } Who will believe that he heard her say , With the soft rich voice , in the dear old way : - " The utmost wonder is this , And see you , and love you , and kiss you , Dear ; I ...
... Dead ! Though he told me , who will believe it was said ? } Who will believe that he heard her say , With the soft rich voice , in the dear old way : - " The utmost wonder is this , And see you , and love you , and kiss you , Dear ; I ...
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... dead ! Sit and watch by her side an hour . That is her book - shelf , this her bed ; She plucked that piece of geranium - flower , Beginning to die too , in the glass . Little has yet been changed , I think ; The shutters are shut , no ...
... dead ! Sit and watch by her side an hour . That is her book - shelf , this her bed ; She plucked that piece of geranium - flower , Beginning to die too , in the glass . Little has yet been changed , I think ; The shutters are shut , no ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON ALICE CARY angels apple-tree auld lang syne beautiful bells Bingen bird blessed blue Blynken Born brave breast breath bright brother brow child dark dead dear death doth dream dying earth eyes face fair fame father flowers forever glad glory gone grave gray hand hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW JOHN JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER kiss Lady land laugh light lips live look Lord morn mother ne'er never Nevermore night o'er old Kentucky home old oaken bucket poems poet Queen rest Rock rose round shine silence sing sleep smile soldier song sorrow soul star-spangled banner stars sweet tears tell thee There's thine THOMAS MOORE thought to-night tree verse VISIT FROM ST voice wave weary weep wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind word wrote young