The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1888 |
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... round a mahogany table , and the whole affair had the aspect of a friendly gathering in a private house , in which the study of German was the amusement of the occasion . He began with familiar ballads , read them to us , and made us ...
... round a mahogany table , and the whole affair had the aspect of a friendly gathering in a private house , in which the study of German was the amusement of the occasion . He began with familiar ballads , read them to us , and made us ...
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... round the barren oak , The summer vine in beauty clung , And summer winds the stillness broke , The crystal icicle is hung . Where , from their frozen urns , mute springs Pour out the river's gradual tide , Shrilly the skater's iron ...
... round the barren oak , The summer vine in beauty clung , And summer winds the stillness broke , The crystal icicle is hung . Where , from their frozen urns , mute springs Pour out the river's gradual tide , Shrilly the skater's iron ...
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... round the wooded height , And , in their fading glory , shone Like hosts in battle overthrown , As many a pinnacle , with shifting glance , Through the grey mist thrust up its shattered lance , And rocking on the cliff was left The dark ...
... round the wooded height , And , in their fading glory , shone Like hosts in battle overthrown , As many a pinnacle , with shifting glance , Through the grey mist thrust up its shattered lance , And rocking on the cliff was left The dark ...
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... round the ghastly fight , If the vanquished warrior bow , Spare him - By our holy vow , By our prayers and many tears , By the mercy that endears , Spare him -he our love hath shared ! Spare him ! —as thou wouldst be spared ! " Take thy ...
... round the ghastly fight , If the vanquished warrior bow , Spare him - By our holy vow , By our prayers and many tears , By the mercy that endears , Spare him -he our love hath shared ! Spare him ! —as thou wouldst be spared ! " Take thy ...
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... round us - and her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird , Heard in the still night , with its passionate cadence . VOICES OF THE NIGHT . I HYMN TO THE NIGHT . HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble ...
... round us - and her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird , Heard in the still night , with its passionate cadence . VOICES OF THE NIGHT . I HYMN TO THE NIGHT . HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble ...
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