The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters, Volume 1John Keese S. Colman, 1841 - American poetry |
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... vale , from every crag , Word of thy beauty's past , And joy we that our country's flag Streams from thy towering mast— Assured that in thy prowess , thou For her wilt win renown , Whose sons can die , but know not how To strike that ...
... vale , from every crag , Word of thy beauty's past , And joy we that our country's flag Streams from thy towering mast— Assured that in thy prowess , thou For her wilt win renown , Whose sons can die , but know not how To strike that ...
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... vale Will on easy pinion sail . In that vale with dwellings strown One is standing all alone . White it rises ' mid the leaves , Woodbines clamber o'er its eaves , And the honeysuckle falls , Pendant , on its silent walls . ' Tis a ...
... vale Will on easy pinion sail . In that vale with dwellings strown One is standing all alone . White it rises ' mid the leaves , Woodbines clamber o'er its eaves , And the honeysuckle falls , Pendant , on its silent walls . ' Tis a ...
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... vale below . Where lives the soul of poetry ? Dark caves Worn by the foamy buffeting of waves ; The blue abysses of the moaning sea , Where coral insects fashion dome and tree , And mermaids chant , by mortal eye unseen , And comb in ...
... vale below . Where lives the soul of poetry ? Dark caves Worn by the foamy buffeting of waves ; The blue abysses of the moaning sea , Where coral insects fashion dome and tree , And mermaids chant , by mortal eye unseen , And comb in ...
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