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Page 33
... light and softer airs , a beauteous sister- hood ? Alas ! they all are in their graves ; the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds with the fair and good of ours . The rain is falling where they lie ; but the cold Novem ...
... light and softer airs , a beauteous sister- hood ? Alas ! they all are in their graves ; the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds with the fair and good of ours . The rain is falling where they lie ; but the cold Novem ...
Page 34
... light the waters of the rill , The south wind searches for the flowers whose fra- grance late he bore , And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more . And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died , The fair ...
... light the waters of the rill , The south wind searches for the flowers whose fra- grance late he bore , And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more . And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died , The fair ...
Page 45
... light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary ! Wi ' mony a vow , and lock'd embrace , Our parting was fu ' tender ; And , pledging aft to meet again , We tore oursels asunder ; But , oh , fell death's untimely frost , That nipp'd flower ...
... light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary ! Wi ' mony a vow , and lock'd embrace , Our parting was fu ' tender ; And , pledging aft to meet again , We tore oursels asunder ; But , oh , fell death's untimely frost , That nipp'd flower ...
Page 62
... light Of a cloud , when the summer sun is down . Alway and alway , night and morn , Woods upon woods , with field of corn Lying between them , not quite sere , And not in the full , thick , leafy bloom , When the wind can hardly find ...
... light Of a cloud , when the summer sun is down . Alway and alway , night and morn , Woods upon woods , with field of corn Lying between them , not quite sere , And not in the full , thick , leafy bloom , When the wind can hardly find ...
Page 63
... light of his adventurous eyes Flashing with boldest enterprise : At ten years old he went to sea , - - God knoweth if he be living now , - He sailed in the good ship Commodore , Nobody ever crossed her track To bring us news , and she ...
... light of his adventurous eyes Flashing with boldest enterprise : At ten years old he went to sea , - - God knoweth if he be living now , - He sailed in the good ship Commodore , Nobody ever crossed her track To bring us news , and she ...
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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