The American Common-place Book of Poetry: With Occasional Notes |
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... trees Partake the deep contentment : as they bend To the soft winds , the sun from the blue sky Looks in , and sheds a blessing on the scene . Scarce less the cleft - born wild - flower seems to enjoy Existence , than the winged ...
... trees Partake the deep contentment : as they bend To the soft winds , the sun from the blue sky Looks in , and sheds a blessing on the scene . Scarce less the cleft - born wild - flower seems to enjoy Existence , than the winged ...
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... trees , That lead from knoll to knoll , a causey rude , Or bridge the sunken brook , and their dark roots , With all their earth upon them , twisting high , Breathe fixed tranquillity . The rivulet Sends forth glad sounds , and ...
... trees , That lead from knoll to knoll , a causey rude , Or bridge the sunken brook , and their dark roots , With all their earth upon them , twisting high , Breathe fixed tranquillity . The rivulet Sends forth glad sounds , and ...
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... tree , so lies it . So shalt thou . God's Book , thou doubter , holds the plain record . Dar'st talk of hopes and doubts against that Word ? Dar'st palter with it in a quibbling sense ? That Book shall judge thee when thou passest hence ...
... tree , so lies it . So shalt thou . God's Book , thou doubter , holds the plain record . Dar'st talk of hopes and doubts against that Word ? Dar'st palter with it in a quibbling sense ? That Book shall judge thee when thou passest hence ...
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... trees . It was an hour of rest ; but Hagar found No shelter in the wilderness , and on She kept her weary way , until the boy Hung down his head , and opened his parched lips For water ; but she could not give it him . She laid him down ...
... trees . It was an hour of rest ; but Hagar found No shelter in the wilderness , and on She kept her weary way , until the boy Hung down his head , and opened his parched lips For water ; but she could not give it him . She laid him down ...
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... trees are still , And twinkle in the smoky light the waters of the rill , The south wind searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore , And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more . And then I think of one who ...
... trees are still , And twinkle in the smoky light the waters of the rill , The south wind searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore , And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more . And then I think of one who ...
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