The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... stream , and wider grow ; The seed that , in these few and fleeting hours , Thy hands unsparing and unwearied sow , Shall deck thy grave with amaranthine flowers , And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers . Inscription ...
... stream , and wider grow ; The seed that , in these few and fleeting hours , Thy hands unsparing and unwearied sow , Shall deck thy grave with amaranthine flowers , And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers . Inscription ...
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... stream in play , shall come to thee , Like one that loves thee , nor will let thee pass Ungreeted , and shall give its light embrace . The Death of Sin and the Life of Holiness . - Dana . Be warned ! Thou canst not break or ' scape the ...
... stream in play , shall come to thee , Like one that loves thee , nor will let thee pass Ungreeted , and shall give its light embrace . The Death of Sin and the Life of Holiness . - Dana . Be warned ! Thou canst not break or ' scape the ...
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... stream of life ? -to make a part With thy eternal spirit things that rot , - That , looked on for a moment , are forgot , But to thy opening vision pass to take New forms of life , and in new beauties wake ? To thee the falling leaf but ...
... stream of life ? -to make a part With thy eternal spirit things that rot , - That , looked on for a moment , are forgot , But to thy opening vision pass to take New forms of life , and in new beauties wake ? To thee the falling leaf but ...
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... And thought of the dark stream In my own land of Egypt , the deep Nile , How prayed I that my father's land might be An heritage for thee ! 3 * And now the grave for its cold breast hath won COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 29.
... And thought of the dark stream In my own land of Egypt , the deep Nile , How prayed I that my father's land might be An heritage for thee ! 3 * And now the grave for its cold breast hath won COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 29.
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... streams Its light ! Twill reach us soon ! A ship ! and all on fire ! -hull , yards and mart ! Her sheets are sheets of flame ! -She's nearing fast ! And now she rides , upright and still , Shedding a wild and lurid light Around the cove ...
... streams Its light ! Twill reach us soon ! A ship ! and all on fire ! -hull , yards and mart ! Her sheets are sheets of flame ! -She's nearing fast ! And now she rides , upright and still , Shedding a wild and lurid light Around the cove ...
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