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... fresh green olive - tree Tempts thee in vain thy mission to delay : A " leaf pluckt off " the happy sign to be , Thou turnest back thy way . The tidings thou dost bring Will earn for thee , fair dove , a welcome sweet , A place where ...
... fresh green olive - tree Tempts thee in vain thy mission to delay : A " leaf pluckt off " the happy sign to be , Thou turnest back thy way . The tidings thou dost bring Will earn for thee , fair dove , a welcome sweet , A place where ...
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... fresh and green , Till the pressing present Draws a veil between . Then , with lighter footsteps , I the path explore Where the unknown future Stretches far before ; Onward with me bearing Tender thoughts and sweet ; Treading all my ...
... fresh and green , Till the pressing present Draws a veil between . Then , with lighter footsteps , I the path explore Where the unknown future Stretches far before ; Onward with me bearing Tender thoughts and sweet ; Treading all my ...
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William Blake Atkinson. Forth to do my duty , And fulfil my part , With fresh vigour going , And a better heart . ' TWA EVENING . WAS evening in the summer -. SONGS OF THE HEART . 333 43.
William Blake Atkinson. Forth to do my duty , And fulfil my part , With fresh vigour going , And a better heart . ' TWA EVENING . WAS evening in the summer -. SONGS OF THE HEART . 333 43.
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... fresh and fair , When misfortune gathers o'er me , And the heavy gloom of care ; Still , in patient hope abiding , May I watch the tempest fall , And , like thee , when dark days lower , Boldly meet and face them all ! And , like thee ...
... fresh and fair , When misfortune gathers o'er me , And the heavy gloom of care ; Still , in patient hope abiding , May I watch the tempest fall , And , like thee , when dark days lower , Boldly meet and face them all ! And , like thee ...
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... fresh courage from thee ! How oft in thy heart - stirring story Thy sons in the thick of the fight , By deeds of unparalleled glory , Have rendered their memory bright ! But when , ever willing and speedy , Their world 84 SONGS OF THE ...
... fresh courage from thee ! How oft in thy heart - stirring story Thy sons in the thick of the fight , By deeds of unparalleled glory , Have rendered their memory bright ! But when , ever willing and speedy , Their world 84 SONGS OF THE ...
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Art thou bade beams beauty beneath blessed breast breath breath of heaven breeze bright brow cheer clouds crown cuckoo dark dear old home distant dreams drear ears England evermore eyes fades fainting fair fairest fast feet fell firmly clasps flowers fresh gather gentle gleam gloom glory golden green grief happy harvest heard heart heaven hill holy honour hopes hymns light little hand LONGFELLOW look LUDGATE HILL meadows meadows green merry Merry Christmas mighty morning naught ne'er night numbers o'er once onward path pathway peaceful playmates pleasant pow'r ranks of error rest rise roam Sabbath scene scent shadows sheaves shine sight sing song soothing sorrow soul sound spirit star storms strive summer sunbeams sweet tears tempest tender touch thee thine thou thoughts tide Tis a voice underneath violet Wallingford weary winds winter woods I wandered youth
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Page 24 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Page 84 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 1 - Read from some humbler poet. Whose songs gushed from his heart. As showers from the clouds of summer. Or tears from the eyelids start; Who, through long days of labor.
Page 47 - what music hast thou provided for thy saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth?" There appears to be a meaning in the sound beyond what reaches the ear ; it links itself with the aspects of nature, with the spirit of the hour, or blends with the sad reminiscence or the hopeful reverie, like its echo or response. There is, too, a metaphysical...
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Page 103 - On the occasion of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales...