Yale Book of American VerseThomas R. Lounsbury |
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Page 9
... breath Roused me from sleep to wreck and death . In ocean cave , still safe with Thee The germ of immortality ! And calm and peaceful shall I sleep , Rocked in the cradle of the deep . Marco Bozzaris At midnight , in his guarded tent ...
... breath Roused me from sleep to wreck and death . In ocean cave , still safe with Thee The germ of immortality ! And calm and peaceful shall I sleep , Rocked in the cradle of the deep . Marco Bozzaris At midnight , in his guarded tent ...
Page 11
... breath ; Come when the blessèd seals That close the pestilence are broke , And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form , The earthquake shock , the ocean storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm , With ...
... breath ; Come when the blessèd seals That close the pestilence are broke , And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form , The earthquake shock , the ocean storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm , With ...
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... breath , When blood ran free as festal wine , And the sainted air of Palestine Was thick with the darts of death . Wise with the lore of centuries , What tales , if there be " tongues in trees , " Those giant oaks could tell , Of beings ...
... breath , When blood ran free as festal wine , And the sainted air of Palestine Was thick with the darts of death . Wise with the lore of centuries , What tales , if there be " tongues in trees , " Those giant oaks could tell , Of beings ...
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... cottage - bed Where the Bard - peasant first drew breath ; A straw - thatched roof above his head , A straw - wrought couch beneath . And I have stood beside the pile , His monument [ 19 ] FITZ - GREENE HALLECK 1790-1867.
... cottage - bed Where the Bard - peasant first drew breath ; A straw - thatched roof above his head , A straw - wrought couch beneath . And I have stood beside the pile , His monument [ 19 ] FITZ - GREENE HALLECK 1790-1867.
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... breath that swayed at once All their green tops , stole over him , and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty . Ah , why Should we , in the world's riper years , neglect [ 40 ] WILLIAM CULLEN ...
... breath that swayed at once All their green tops , stole over him , and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty . Ah , why Should we , in the world's riper years , neglect [ 40 ] WILLIAM CULLEN ...
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