The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... loneliness . Should Hagar weep ? May slighted woman turn , And , as a vine the oak hath shaken off , Bend lightly to her tendencies again ? O no ! by all her loveliness , by all That makes life poetry and beauty , no ! Make her a slave ...
... loneliness . Should Hagar weep ? May slighted woman turn , And , as a vine the oak hath shaken off , Bend lightly to her tendencies again ? O no ! by all her loveliness , by all That makes life poetry and beauty , no ! Make her a slave ...
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... lonely birds , Of those that in this northern clime remain Throughout the year , and in the dawn of spring , At pleasant noon , from their unknown retreat , Come suddenly to view with lively notes , Or those that soonest to this clime ...
... lonely birds , Of those that in this northern clime remain Throughout the year , and in the dawn of spring , At pleasant noon , from their unknown retreat , Come suddenly to view with lively notes , Or those that soonest to this clime ...
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... lonely snipe , 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 ...
... lonely snipe , 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 ...
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... lonely traveller treads the deep.- I see an ice - bound coast , toward which she steers With such a tardy movement , that it seems Stern Winter's hand hath turned her keel to stone , And sealed his victory on her slippery shrouds.— They ...
... lonely traveller treads the deep.- I see an ice - bound coast , toward which she steers With such a tardy movement , that it seems Stern Winter's hand hath turned her keel to stone , And sealed his victory on her slippery shrouds.— They ...
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... loneliness Sank down into their bosoms ? -No ! they turn Back to their dreary , famished huts , and pray ! - Pray , and the ills that haunt this transient life Fade into air . - Up in each girded breast There sprang a rooted and ...
... loneliness Sank down into their bosoms ? -No ! they turn Back to their dreary , famished huts , and pray ! - Pray , and the ills that haunt this transient life Fade into air . - Up in each girded breast There sprang a rooted and ...
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