The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... song , inspired by " the vision and the faculty divine , " and containing , throughout , the true power and spirit of harmony ; but every lover of poetry will find much to delight a cultivated imagination , and much to set him on ...
... song , inspired by " the vision and the faculty divine , " and containing , throughout , the true power and spirit of harmony ; but every lover of poetry will find much to delight a cultivated imagination , and much to set him on ...
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... song does not breathe an echo of the melodies of paradise ? In the true minstrelsy of devotion , there is a higher excellence than that of mere genius . Poetry herself acknowledges a power which is not in her , and observes a deep and ...
... song does not breathe an echo of the melodies of paradise ? In the true minstrelsy of devotion , there is a higher excellence than that of mere genius . Poetry herself acknowledges a power which is not in her , and observes a deep and ...
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... Song at Twilight . · Hagar in the Wilderness . Return of the Buccaneer . R. H. Dana . 30 Appearance of the Spectre Horse and the Burning Ship . R. H. Dana . 31 The Death of the Flowers . The Skies . · Bryant . 35 From " The Minstrel ...
... Song at Twilight . · Hagar in the Wilderness . Return of the Buccaneer . R. H. Dana . 30 Appearance of the Spectre Horse and the Burning Ship . R. H. Dana . 31 The Death of the Flowers . The Skies . · Bryant . 35 From " The Minstrel ...
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... Song . " He knoweth our Frame , He remembereth we are Dust . " R. H. Dana . Extract from a Poem delivered at the Departure of the Senior Class of Yale College , in 1826 . Power of the Soul in investing external Circumstances with the ...
... Song . " He knoweth our Frame , He remembereth we are Dust . " R. H. Dana . Extract from a Poem delivered at the Departure of the Senior Class of Yale College , in 1826 . Power of the Soul in investing external Circumstances with the ...
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... Song of the Stars . Page . Percival . 107 -Pierpont . 107 . Brainard . 109 J. G. Whittier . 110 N. P. Willis . 111 Mrs. Sigourney . 112 N. Y. Daily Advertiser . 113 Summer Evening at a short Distance from the City . Introduction to the ...
... Song of the Stars . Page . Percival . 107 -Pierpont . 107 . Brainard . 109 J. G. Whittier . 110 N. P. Willis . 111 Mrs. Sigourney . 112 N. Y. Daily Advertiser . 113 Summer Evening at a short Distance from the City . Introduction to the ...
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