Souvenir of Modern Minstrelsy: A Collection of Original and Select Poetry by Living WritersGroombridge & Company, 1860 - 262 pages |
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... in man . What is noble ? - ' tis the finer Portion of our mind and heart , Link'd to something still diviner Than mere language can impart : A Ever prompting - ever seeing Some improvement yet to plan 6 FOETICAL SOUVENIR .
... in man . What is noble ? - ' tis the finer Portion of our mind and heart , Link'd to something still diviner Than mere language can impart : A Ever prompting - ever seeing Some improvement yet to plan 6 FOETICAL SOUVENIR .
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... Mind's improvement Aids the world , in aiding Mind ! Every great commanding movement Serves not one , but all mankind . O'er the Forge's heat and ashes , - O'er the Engine's iron head , - Where the rapid shuttle flashes , And the ...
... Mind's improvement Aids the world , in aiding Mind ! Every great commanding movement Serves not one , but all mankind . O'er the Forge's heat and ashes , - O'er the Engine's iron head , - Where the rapid shuttle flashes , And the ...
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... mind Might watch light clouds and sunbeams flitting by , Which were but smiles and sorrows , whilst behind Her earnest soul reposed , like the unfathomed sky . We met ; that river , crouching at our feet , Spread out its worthless spoil ...
... mind Might watch light clouds and sunbeams flitting by , Which were but smiles and sorrows , whilst behind Her earnest soul reposed , like the unfathomed sky . We met ; that river , crouching at our feet , Spread out its worthless spoil ...
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... mind is weak ; He wastes his love on one he will not know , And stands apart , and never dares to speak , And then in verses vents his idle woe . " I tell you that to write a single line Which might exalt to love one breast beside , Or ...
... mind is weak ; He wastes his love on one he will not know , And stands apart , and never dares to speak , And then in verses vents his idle woe . " I tell you that to write a single line Which might exalt to love one breast beside , Or ...
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... mind Received light , thinking , " Faces such as these Are heaven's windows , only we are blind ; " At once rose Memory , and her touch of flame Dwelt for an instant on my heart , then ceased , But trembled on the chord , until there ...
... mind Received light , thinking , " Faces such as these Are heaven's windows , only we are blind ; " At once rose Memory , and her touch of flame Dwelt for an instant on my heart , then ceased , But trembled on the chord , until there ...
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