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... o'er their sleeping dust Till the pure spirit comes again . Though nameless , trampled , and forgot , His servant's humble ashes lie , Yet God hath marked and sealed the spot , To call its inmate to the sky . WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT . 10 ...
... o'er their sleeping dust Till the pure spirit comes again . Though nameless , trampled , and forgot , His servant's humble ashes lie , Yet God hath marked and sealed the spot , To call its inmate to the sky . WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT . 10 ...
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... o'er Jordan's lone stream , While his fast - falling tears with its waters were blent , Thus poured a poor minstrel his saddened lament : " Awake , harp of Judah , that slumbering hast hung Ou the willows that weep where thy prophets ...
... o'er Jordan's lone stream , While his fast - falling tears with its waters were blent , Thus poured a poor minstrel his saddened lament : " Awake , harp of Judah , that slumbering hast hung Ou the willows that weep where thy prophets ...
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... o'er that high festival . A thousand cups of gold , in Judah deemed divine , - Jehovah's vessels , - held the godless heathen's wine . ―― In that same hour and hall , the fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall , and wrote as if ...
... o'er that high festival . A thousand cups of gold , in Judah deemed divine , - Jehovah's vessels , - held the godless heathen's wine . ―― In that same hour and hall , the fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall , and wrote as if ...
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... o'er the tide : For they who had carried us captives away Would awaken our bosoms to gladness once more , - Our spoilers commanded that Salem's sweet lay Should be breathed from our lips on Assyria's shore . Verses 4 , 5 , and 6 . But ...
... o'er the tide : For they who had carried us captives away Would awaken our bosoms to gladness once more , - Our spoilers commanded that Salem's sweet lay Should be breathed from our lips on Assyria's shore . Verses 4 , 5 , and 6 . But ...
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... cry Gave me stern satisfaction . Now he's dead , And his lips move not ; yet his voice's image Flashed such a dreadful darkness o'er my soul , I would not hear that fearful cry again For the PART II . 77 OLD ROME AND HER RIVALS .
... cry Gave me stern satisfaction . Now he's dead , And his lips move not ; yet his voice's image Flashed such a dreadful darkness o'er my soul , I would not hear that fearful cry again For the PART II . 77 OLD ROME AND HER RIVALS .
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