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... Eyes of the Christ , " from The Dream Child and other Verses , by N. B. Carson , copyright 1905 . By special permission of Houghton , Mifflin Com- pany , as authorized publishers of " The Angels of Buena Vista , " " The Barefoot Boy ...
... Eyes of the Christ , " from The Dream Child and other Verses , by N. B. Carson , copyright 1905 . By special permission of Houghton , Mifflin Com- pany , as authorized publishers of " The Angels of Buena Vista , " " The Barefoot Boy ...
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... eyes away from the light ; For with its sunny - edged shadows once more Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore ; Lovingly , softly , its bright billows sweep ; - Rock me to sleep , mother , — rock me to sleep ! Mother , dear mother ...
... eyes away from the light ; For with its sunny - edged shadows once more Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore ; Lovingly , softly , its bright billows sweep ; - Rock me to sleep , mother , — rock me to sleep ! Mother , dear mother ...
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" You should not ask , vainly , with streaming eyes , Which in Death's touch was the chiefest surprise ; " 6 The very strangest and suddenest thing Of all the surprises that dying must bring . " Ah ! foolish world ! Oh ! most kind Dead ...
" You should not ask , vainly , with streaming eyes , Which in Death's touch was the chiefest surprise ; " 6 The very strangest and suddenest thing Of all the surprises that dying must bring . " Ah ! foolish world ! Oh ! most kind Dead ...
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... eyes , And I in some diviner hour Can hold sweet converse with the skies , Ah ! then my soul may safely write : ' This day has been most good and bright . ' " What do I see on looking back ? A red - lined book before me lies , With here ...
... eyes , And I in some diviner hour Can hold sweet converse with the skies , Ah ! then my soul may safely write : ' This day has been most good and bright . ' " What do I see on looking back ? A red - lined book before me lies , With here ...
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... Chantilly , Va . BY GEORGE HENRY BOKER Close his eyes ; his work is done ! What to him is friend or foeman , Rise of moon or set of sun , Hand of man or kiss of woman ? Lay him low , lay him low , In the [ 21 ] POETICAL FAVORITES.
... Chantilly , Va . BY GEORGE HENRY BOKER Close his eyes ; his work is done ! What to him is friend or foeman , Rise of moon or set of sun , Hand of man or kiss of woman ? Lay him low , lay him low , In the [ 21 ] POETICAL FAVORITES.
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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