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... life's dark throng of cares and fears Were swift - winged shadows o'er my sunny brow ! Thou blushest from the painter's page , Robed in the mimic tints of art ; But Nature's hand in youth's green age With fairer hues first traced thee ...
... life's dark throng of cares and fears Were swift - winged shadows o'er my sunny brow ! Thou blushest from the painter's page , Robed in the mimic tints of art ; But Nature's hand in youth's green age With fairer hues first traced thee ...
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... life of sloth and shame . And where was she , Whose proudest title was Napoleon's wife ? She who first gave , and should have watched thy life , Trebling a mother's tenderness for thee , Despoiled heir of empire ? On her breast Did thy ...
... life of sloth and shame . And where was she , Whose proudest title was Napoleon's wife ? She who first gave , and should have watched thy life , Trebling a mother's tenderness for thee , Despoiled heir of empire ? On her breast Did thy ...
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... life had been To thee no blessing , but a dreary scene Of doubt and dread and suffering at the best ; For thou wert one , whose path , in these dark times , Would lead to sorrows- s - it may be to crimes . C 25 26 NIGHT . Thou art at ...
... life had been To thee no blessing , but a dreary scene Of doubt and dread and suffering at the best ; For thou wert one , whose path , in these dark times , Would lead to sorrows- s - it may be to crimes . C 25 26 NIGHT . Thou art at ...
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... life are bought too dear ; ' Tis better far to die , than bear The torments of life's closing year . Subjected to perpetual ills A thousand deaths around us grow : The frost the tender blossom kills , And roses wither as they blow ...
... life are bought too dear ; ' Tis better far to die , than bear The torments of life's closing year . Subjected to perpetual ills A thousand deaths around us grow : The frost the tender blossom kills , And roses wither as they blow ...
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... life the plains invest , And green eternal crowns the year : The little god , that warms the breast , Is weary of his mansion here . Like Phosphor , sent before the day , His height meridian to regain , DE PROFUNDIS . The dawn arrives ...
... life the plains invest , And green eternal crowns the year : The little god , that warms the breast , Is weary of his mansion here . Like Phosphor , sent before the day , His height meridian to regain , DE PROFUNDIS . The dawn arrives ...
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ALBERT PIKE autumn beam beauty beneath bird blest bloom blossoms bowers breast breath bright brow Bunker Hill Monument CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN chimes clouds dark deep dost dreams earth eternal FELICIA HEMANS FITZ-GREENE HALLECK flash flowers FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD gaze gentle gleam glorious glory golden golden air grave green HADAD HAMPTON BEACH hath hear heart heaven hills hour hues leaf leaves life's light lone look melody mighty moon morning mother mountain mournful murmur night NORTH BURIAL GROUND o'er pale passed rest roar rock roll round shade shadows shine shore sing skies sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring stars storm stream summer sweet swells tears thee thine Thou art throne tone tree twilight URSA MAJOR vale voice WASHINGTON ALLSTON waves weary wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT winds wings woods
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Page 37 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 35 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 190 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Page 36 - Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow: You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow. Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor.
Page 20 - A sister to the night !— Sleep not ! — thine image wakes for aye Within my watching breast: Sleep not! — from her soft sleep should fly, Who robs all hearts of rest. Nay, lady, from thy slumbers break, And make this darkness gay With looks, whose brightness well might make Of...
Page 96 - AYE, thou art welcome, heaven's delicious breath, When woods begin to wear the crimson leaf, And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, And the year smiles as it draws near its death. Wind of the sunny south ! oh, still delay In the gay woods and in the golden air, Like to a good old age released from care, Journeying, in long serenity, away.
Page 160 - And hung his bow upon thy awful front, And spoke in that loud voice which seemed to him Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake The "sound of many waters," and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back And notch his centuries in the eternal rocks.
Page 198 - Kishon, is sweeping along ; Where the Canaanite strove with Jehovah in vain. And thy torrent grew dark with the blood of the slain.
Page 200 - And what if my feet may not tread where He stood, Nor my ears hear the dashing of Galilee's flood, Nor my eyes see the cross which He bowed Him to bear, Nor my knees press Gethsemane's garden of prayer ! Yet, Loved of the Father, Thy Spirit is near, To the meek and the lowly and peninent here, And the voice of Thy love is the same even now As at Bethany's tomb or on Olivet's brow.
Page 37 - He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.