The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... hope that a similar volume of extracts from American poetry might be attended with the same success . It is true , that there are more good prose writers in our country than there are poets ; but it would be strange , indeed , if enough ...
... hope that a similar volume of extracts from American poetry might be attended with the same success . It is true , that there are more good prose writers in our country than there are poets ; but it would be strange , indeed , if enough ...
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... hope above ! The Death of the Flowers . - Bryant . THE melancholy days are come , the saddest of the year , Of wailing winds , and naked woods , and meadows brown and sere . Heap'd in the hollows of the grove , the wither'd leaves lie ...
... hope above ! The Death of the Flowers . - Bryant . THE melancholy days are come , the saddest of the year , Of wailing winds , and naked woods , and meadows brown and sere . Heap'd in the hollows of the grove , the wither'd leaves lie ...
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... hope enlivened , up he sprung To look abroad , and to his joy beheld A sky without the remnant of a cloud . From gloom to gayety and beauty bright So rapid now the universal change , The rude survey it with delight refined , And e'en ...
... hope enlivened , up he sprung To look abroad , and to his joy beheld A sky without the remnant of a cloud . From gloom to gayety and beauty bright So rapid now the universal change , The rude survey it with delight refined , And e'en ...
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... hope not there . But shades began to gather , night approached , Murky and lowering ; round with horror rolled On one another their despairing eyes , That glared with anguish ; starless , hopeless gloom Fell on their souls , never to ...
... hope not there . But shades began to gather , night approached , Murky and lowering ; round with horror rolled On one another their despairing eyes , That glared with anguish ; starless , hopeless gloom Fell on their souls , never to ...
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... hope cast down , turn deathly pale its glow ; Seen virtue rare , but more of virtue's show . And fare thee well , my own green , quiet COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 55 The Constancy of Nature contrasted with the Changes in Life Dana.
... hope cast down , turn deathly pale its glow ; Seen virtue rare , but more of virtue's show . And fare thee well , my own green , quiet COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 55 The Constancy of Nature contrasted with the Changes in Life Dana.
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