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... 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 , the years have ...
... 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 , the years have ...
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... idly by ; God alone has power to aid him . Lay him low , lay him ' low , In the clover or the snow ! What care he ? he cannot know ; Lay him low ! LIGHT BY FRANCIS W. BOURDILLON The night has a thousand [ 22 ] POETICAL FAVORITES.
... idly by ; God alone has power to aid him . Lay him low , lay him ' low , In the clover or the snow ! What care he ? he cannot know ; Lay him low ! LIGHT BY FRANCIS W. BOURDILLON The night has a thousand [ 22 ] POETICAL FAVORITES.
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LIGHT BY FRANCIS W. BOURDILLON The night has a thousand eyes , And the day but one ; Yet the light of the bright world dies , With the dying sun . The mind has a thousand eyes , And the heart but one ; Yet the light of a whole life dies ...
LIGHT BY FRANCIS W. BOURDILLON The night has a thousand eyes , And the day but one ; Yet the light of the bright world dies , With the dying sun . The mind has a thousand eyes , And the heart but one ; Yet the light of a whole life dies ...
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... light- nings before her . " Austrian and priest had joined to double and tighten the cord Able to bind thee , O strong one , of a sword . - free by the stroke " Now be grave for the rest of us , using the life over- cast To ripen our ...
... light- nings before her . " Austrian and priest had joined to double and tighten the cord Able to bind thee , O strong one , of a sword . - free by the stroke " Now be grave for the rest of us , using the life over- cast To ripen our ...
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... , in the glass . Little has yet been changed , I think ; The shutters are shut , no light may pass Save two long rays through the hinge's chink . Sixteen years old when she died ! Perhaps she had [ 30 ] POETICAL FAVORITES.
... , in the glass . Little has yet been changed , I think ; The shutters are shut , no light may pass Save two long rays through the hinge's chink . Sixteen years old when she died ! Perhaps she had [ 30 ] 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