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... o'er its bed Of pebbly sands , or leaping down the rocks , Seems with continuous laughter to rejoice In its own being . Softly tread the marge , Lest from her midway perch thou scare the wren That dips her bill in water . The cool wind ...
... o'er its bed Of pebbly sands , or leaping down the rocks , Seems with continuous laughter to rejoice In its own being . Softly tread the marge , Lest from her midway perch thou scare the wren That dips her bill in water . The cool wind ...
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... o'er thy birth . And what comes up above that wave , So ghastly white ? -A spectral head ! — A horse's head- ( May heaven save Those looking on the dead , - The waking dead ! ) There on the sea he stands- The spectre - horse ! -he moves ...
... o'er thy birth . And what comes up above that wave , So ghastly white ? -A spectral head ! — A horse's head- ( May heaven save Those looking on the dead , - The waking dead ! ) There on the sea he stands- The spectre - horse ! -he moves ...
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... o'er earth and air , And round the horizon bent , With that bright vault and sapphire wall , Dost overhang and circle all . Far , far below thee , tall gray trees Arise , and piles built up of old , And hills , whose ancient summits ...
... o'er earth and air , And round the horizon bent , With that bright vault and sapphire wall , Dost overhang and circle all . Far , far below thee , tall gray trees Arise , and piles built up of old , And hills , whose ancient summits ...
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With Occasional Notes George Barrell Cheever. With anguish o'er the lowly sleep Of lover or of friend ; - But they to whom the sway Of pain and grief is o'er , Whose tears our God hath wiped away , Oh , mourn for them no more ! The ...
With Occasional Notes George Barrell Cheever. With anguish o'er the lowly sleep Of lover or of friend ; - But they to whom the sway Of pain and grief is o'er , Whose tears our God hath wiped away , Oh , mourn for them no more ! The ...
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... O'er marshy fields , high in the dusky air , Invisible , but , with faint , tremulous tones , Hovering or playing o'er the listener's head ; - And , in mid - air , the sportive night - hawk , seen Flying awhile at random , uttering oft ...
... O'er marshy fields , high in the dusky air , Invisible , but , with faint , tremulous tones , Hovering or playing o'er the listener's head ; - And , in mid - air , the sportive night - hawk , seen Flying awhile at random , uttering oft ...
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