Songs of Three CenturiesJohn Greenleaf Whittier |
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... breath- ing space , The trembling groves , the crystal run- ning by ; And that which all fair works doth most aggrace , The art , which all that wrought , ap- peared in no place . One would have thought ( so cunningly the rude And ...
... breath- ing space , The trembling groves , the crystal run- ning by ; And that which all fair works doth most aggrace , The art , which all that wrought , ap- peared in no place . One would have thought ( so cunningly the rude And ...
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... breath ; 13 Who envies none that chance doth raise , Or vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise ; Nor rules of state , but rules of good ; Who hath his life from rumors freed , Whose conscience is his strong ...
... breath ; 13 Who envies none that chance doth raise , Or vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise ; Nor rules of state , but rules of good ; Who hath his life from rumors freed , Whose conscience is his strong ...
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... whatsoever here be- falls , You in the region of yourself remain : Where no vain breath of the impudent molests That hath secured within the brazen walls stain ) Rises in peace , in innocency rests ; 14 SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES .
... whatsoever here be- falls , You in the region of yourself remain : Where no vain breath of the impudent molests That hath secured within the brazen walls stain ) Rises in peace , in innocency rests ; 14 SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES .
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... breath be rude . Freeze , freeze , thou bitter sky , That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot : Though thou the waters warp , Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not . A SEA DIRGE . FULL fathom five thy father lies : Of ...
... breath be rude . Freeze , freeze , thou bitter sky , That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot : Though thou the waters warp , Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not . A SEA DIRGE . FULL fathom five thy father lies : Of ...
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... breath and being ; he is the Creator Both of the water , said , " We are not God , but we by him were made . " " I asked the world's great universal mass If that God was ; Which with a mighty and strong voice replied , As stupefied ...
... breath and being ; he is the Creator Both of the water , said , " We are not God , but we by him were made . " " I asked the world's great universal mass If that God was ; Which with a mighty and strong voice replied , As stupefied ...
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