The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf WhittierJ. R. Osgood, 1873 - 395 pages |
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... evil thought- " The fool has signed his warrant ; but how And when shall the deed be wrought ? Speak , Ruth ! why , what the devil is there , To fix thy gaze in that empty air ?. Speak , Ruth ! by my soul , if I thought that tear ...
... evil thought- " The fool has signed his warrant ; but how And when shall the deed be wrought ? Speak , Ruth ! why , what the devil is there , To fix thy gaze in that empty air ?. Speak , Ruth ! by my soul , if I thought that tear ...
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... threatens with defeat Its all - indomitable will ! – But lacks the mean of mind and heart , Though eager for the gains of crime , Oft , at his chosen place and time , The strength to bear his evil part ; And , 6 MOGG MEGONE .
... threatens with defeat Its all - indomitable will ! – But lacks the mean of mind and heart , Though eager for the gains of crime , Oft , at his chosen place and time , The strength to bear his evil part ; And , 6 MOGG MEGONE .
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... evil part ; And , shielded by his very Vice , Escapes from Crime by Cowardice . Ruth starts erect , with bloodshot eye , And lips drawn tight across her teeth , Showing their locked embrace beneath , In the red firelight : - " Mogg must ...
... evil part ; And , shielded by his very Vice , Escapes from Crime by Cowardice . Ruth starts erect , with bloodshot eye , And lips drawn tight across her teeth , Showing their locked embrace beneath , In the red firelight : - " Mogg must ...
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... evil of her years . -- " O father , bear with me ; my heart Is sick and death - like , and my brain Seems girdled with a fiery chain , Whose scorching links will never part , And never cool again . - Bear with me while I speak , but ...
... evil of her years . -- " O father , bear with me ; my heart Is sick and death - like , and my brain Seems girdled with a fiery chain , Whose scorching links will never part , And never cool again . - Bear with me while I speak , but ...
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... , free hunter , with an eye Whose dark , keen glance had power to wake Both fear and love , to awe and charm ; ' T was as the wizard rattlesnake , Whose evil glances lure to harm- form firm : He never woke again ! " " 10 MOGG MEGONE .
... , free hunter , with an eye Whose dark , keen glance had power to wake Both fear and love , to awe and charm ; ' T was as the wizard rattlesnake , Whose evil glances lure to harm- form firm : He never woke again ! " " 10 MOGG MEGONE .
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Page 268 - Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved it well ; And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night. Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er, And the Rebel rides on his raids no more. Honor to her ! and let a tear Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier.
Page 284 - Meanwhile we did our nightly chores, — Brought in the wood from out of doors, Littered the stalls, and from the mows Eaked down the herd's-grass for the cows : Heard the horse whinnying for his corn ; And, sharply clashing horn on horn, Impatient down the stanchion rows The cattle shake their walnut bows...
Page 224 - Said old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead! Then the wife of the skipper lost at sea Said, "God has touched him! why should we!
Page 194 - Through the day and through the night Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond. Mine the walnut slopes beyond, Mine, on bending orchard trees, Apples of Hesperides! Still as my horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too; All the world I saw or knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy!
Page 317 - And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain.
Page 194 - Cheerily, then, my little man, Live and laugh, as boyhood can! Though the flinty slopes be hard. Stubble-speared the new-mown sward, Every morn shall lead thee through Fresh baptisms of the dew; Every evening from thy feet Shall the cool wind kiss the heat...
Page 204 - Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, "It might have been.
Page 194 - For, eschewing books and tasks, Nature answers all he asks; Hand in hand with her he walks, Face to face with her he talks, Part and parcel of her joy, — Blessings on the barefoot boy!
Page 203 - He spoke of the grass and flowers and trees, Of the singing birds and the humming bees; Then talked of the haying, and wondered whether The cloud in the west would bring foul weather. And Maud forgot her...
Page 55 - Our fathers to their graves have gone ; Their strife is past, — their triumph won ; But sterner trials wait the race Which rises in their honored place, — A moral warfare with the crime And folly of an evil time. So let it be. In God's own might We gird us for the coming fight, And, strong in Him whose cause is ours In conflict with unholy powers, We grasp the weapons He has given, — The Light, and Truth, and Love of Heaven.