The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier: Complete in Two Volumes. Volume I[-II].Ticknor and Fields, 1861 |
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... priest Left us the man . A shrewd , sagacious merchant , To whom the soiled sheet found in Crawford's inn , Giving the latest news of city stocks And sales of cotton had a deeper meaning Than the great presence of the awful mountains ...
... priest Left us the man . A shrewd , sagacious merchant , To whom the soiled sheet found in Crawford's inn , Giving the latest news of city stocks And sales of cotton had a deeper meaning Than the great presence of the awful mountains ...
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... priest , who lingers now On the Bald Mountain's shrubless brow , The gray and thunder - smitten pile Which marks afar the Desert Isle , 20 While gazing on the scene below , May half forget the dreams of home , That nightly with his ...
... priest , who lingers now On the Bald Mountain's shrubless brow , The gray and thunder - smitten pile Which marks afar the Desert Isle , 20 While gazing on the scene below , May half forget the dreams of home , That nightly with his ...
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... priest ! What proud and lofty dreams , What keen desires , what cherished schemes , What hopes , that time may not recall , Are darkened by that chieftain's fall ! Was he not pledged , by cross and vow , To lift the hatchet of his sire ...
... priest ! What proud and lofty dreams , What keen desires , what cherished schemes , What hopes , that time may not recall , Are darkened by that chieftain's fall ! Was he not pledged , by cross and vow , To lift the hatchet of his sire ...
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... Priest ! -with pale hands pressed On thy throbbing brow of pain , Baffled in thy life - long quest , Overworn with toiling vain , How ill thy troubled musings fit The holy quiet of a breast With the Dove of Peace at rest , Sweetly ...
... Priest ! -with pale hands pressed On thy throbbing brow of pain , Baffled in thy life - long quest , Overworn with toiling vain , How ill thy troubled musings fit The holy quiet of a breast With the Dove of Peace at rest , Sweetly ...
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... priest ! thy dream is done Of a hundred red tribes won To the pale of Holy Church ; And the heretic o'erthrown , And his name no longer known , And thy weary brethren turning , Joyful from their years of mourning , " Twixt the altar and ...
... priest ! thy dream is done Of a hundred red tribes won To the pale of Holy Church ; And the heretic o'erthrown , And his name no longer known , And thy weary brethren turning , Joyful from their years of mourning , " Twixt the altar and ...
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