The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... Light Divine , To keep me pure within ; - Pure as the air , when day's first light A cloudless sky illumes , And active as the lark , that soars Till heaven shine round its plumes . So may my soul , upon the wings Of faith , unwearied ...
... Light Divine , To keep me pure within ; - Pure as the air , when day's first light A cloudless sky illumes , And active as the lark , that soars Till heaven shine round its plumes . So may my soul , upon the wings Of faith , unwearied ...
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... light , Irradiate halls , and crystal colonnades , Vaults set with gems , the purchase of a crown , Blazing with lustre past the noon - tide beam , Or , with a milder beauty , mimicking The mystic signs of changeful Mazzaroth . Tam ...
... light , Irradiate halls , and crystal colonnades , Vaults set with gems , the purchase of a crown , Blazing with lustre past the noon - tide beam , Or , with a milder beauty , mimicking The mystic signs of changeful Mazzaroth . Tam ...
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... Light stole upon the clouds With a strange beauty . Earth received again Its garment of a thousand dies ; and leaves , And delicate blossoms , and the painted flowers , And every thing that bendeth to the dew , And stirreth with the ...
... Light stole upon the clouds With a strange beauty . Earth received again Its garment of a thousand dies ; and leaves , And delicate blossoms , and the painted flowers , And every thing that bendeth to the dew , And stirreth with the ...
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... light ? Not bigger than a star it seems ; And , now , ' tis like the bloody moon ; And , now , it shoots in hairy streams Its light ! Twill reach us soon ! A ship ! and all on fire ! -hull , yards and mart ! Her sheets are sheets of ...
... light ? Not bigger than a star it seems ; And , now , ' tis like the bloody moon ; And , now , it shoots in hairy streams Its light ! Twill reach us soon ! A ship ! and all on fire ! -hull , yards and mart ! Her sheets are sheets of ...
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... light . Through that cold light the fearful man Sits looking on the burning ship . Thou ne'er again wilt curse and ban . How fast he moves the lip ! And yet he does not speak , or make a sound ! What see you , Lee , the bodies of the ...
... light . Through that cold light the fearful man Sits looking on the burning ship . Thou ne'er again wilt curse and ban . How fast he moves the lip ! And yet he does not speak , or make a sound ! What see you , Lee , the bodies of the ...
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