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... accursed ! - [ He paces , twice or thrice , up and down , with passionate gestures ; then turns his face to the sky , and stands a moment in silence . ] -Oh ! where , In the illimitable space , in 24 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY .
... accursed ! - [ He paces , twice or thrice , up and down , with passionate gestures ; then turns his face to the sky , and stands a moment in silence . ] -Oh ! where , In the illimitable space , in 24 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY .
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... 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 ; steal from her rosy cheek By needless jealousies ...
... 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 ; steal from her rosy cheek By needless jealousies ...
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... turn us , then , Away from this cold earth , And look into thy azure breast , For seats of innocence and rest ! From " The Minstrel Girl . " - JAMES G. WHITTIER . HER lover died . Away from her , The ocean - girls his requiem sang , And ...
... turn us , then , Away from this cold earth , And look into thy azure breast , For seats of innocence and rest ! From " The Minstrel Girl . " - JAMES G. WHITTIER . HER lover died . Away from her , The ocean - girls his requiem sang , And ...
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... turn , gay swallows skim ; Or round the borders of the spacious lawn Fly in repeated circles , rising o'er Hillock and fence , with motion serpentine , Easy and light . One snatches from the ground A downy feather , and then upward ...
... turn , gay swallows skim ; Or round the borders of the spacious lawn Fly in repeated circles , rising o'er Hillock and fence , with motion serpentine , Easy and light . One snatches from the ground A downy feather , and then upward ...
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... turning , with a look ineffable , The invitation he proclaimed in accents Which on their ravished ears poured thrilling , like The silver sound of many trumpets heard Afar in sweetest jubilec ; then , swift Stretching his dreadful ...
... turning , with a look ineffable , The invitation he proclaimed in accents Which on their ravished ears poured thrilling , like The silver sound of many trumpets heard Afar in sweetest jubilec ; then , swift Stretching his dreadful ...
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