The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... pieces . Others might be named , whose poetry at once individualizes their genius in the mind ; but it is unnecessary . May the volume , thus selected , please and do good . TABLE OF CONTENTS . A Sacred Melody . Active Christian 6 PREFACE .
... pieces . Others might be named , whose poetry at once individualizes their genius in the mind ; but it is unnecessary . May the volume , thus selected , please and do good . TABLE OF CONTENTS . A Sacred Melody . Active Christian 6 PREFACE .
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... once been , yet think'st to be no more ? What ! life destroy itself ? O , idlest dream , Shaped in that emptiest thing - a doubter's scheme . Think'st in a universal soul will merge Thy soul , as rain - drops mingle with the surge ? Or ...
... once been , yet think'st to be no more ? What ! life destroy itself ? O , idlest dream , Shaped in that emptiest thing - a doubter's scheme . Think'st in a universal soul will merge Thy soul , as rain - drops mingle with the surge ? Or ...
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... once more Which ne'er for mortal ear was made . ' Twere almost sacrilege to sing Those notes amid the glare of day ; Notes borne by angels ' purest wing , And wafted by their breath away . When , sleeping in my grass - grown bed ...
... once more Which ne'er for mortal ear was made . ' Twere almost sacrilege to sing Those notes amid the glare of day ; Notes borne by angels ' purest wing , And wafted by their breath away . When , sleeping in my grass - grown bed ...
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... once , it boots not how , By wrong or silence , any thing that tells A change has come upon your tenderness , - And there is not a high thing out of heaven Her pride o'ermastereth not . She went her way with a strong step and slow ; Her ...
... once , it boots not how , By wrong or silence , any thing that tells A change has come upon your tenderness , - And there is not a high thing out of heaven Her pride o'ermastereth not . She went her way with a strong step and slow ; Her ...
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... once dart at the falling prize . The flippant blackbird , with light yellow crown , Hangs fluttering in the air , and chatters thick Till her breath fail , when , breaking off , she drops On the next tree , and on its highest limb , Or ...
... once dart at the falling prize . The flippant blackbird , with light yellow crown , Hangs fluttering in the air , and chatters thick Till her breath fail , when , breaking off , she drops On the next tree , and on its highest limb , Or ...
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