The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters, Volume 1John Keese S. Colman, 1841 - American poetry |
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... Turn to a moody melody of wail , And through her stony throngs I go alone , Even with the heart I cannot turn to stone . Would it were so ; for still Thou art my only counsellor , with whom Mine eyes can have no bitter shame to fill ...
... Turn to a moody melody of wail , And through her stony throngs I go alone , Even with the heart I cannot turn to stone . Would it were so ; for still Thou art my only counsellor , with whom Mine eyes can have no bitter shame to fill ...
Page 158
... turn , gay swallows skim , Or round the borders of the spacious lawn Fly in repeated circles , rising o'er Hillock and fence with motion serpentine , Easy , and light . One snatches from the ground SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND . A downy ...
... turn , gay swallows skim , Or round the borders of the spacious lawn Fly in repeated circles , rising o'er Hillock and fence with motion serpentine , Easy , and light . One snatches from the ground SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND . A downy ...
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... turn from life , and pass abroad , With solemn footsteps , into Nature's vast And happy palaces , and lead a life Of peace in some green paradise like this . The brazen trumpet and the loud war - drum Ne'er startled these green woods ...
... turn from life , and pass abroad , With solemn footsteps , into Nature's vast And happy palaces , and lead a life Of peace in some green paradise like this . The brazen trumpet and the loud war - drum Ne'er startled these green woods ...
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