The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf WhittierJ. R. Osgood, 1878 - 505 pages |
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... O'er all that wide and unshorn land , Till , weary of its gorgeousness , The aching and the dazzled eye hests gladdened , on the calm blue sky , - Slumbers the mighty wilderness ! The oak , upon the windy hill , Its dark green burthen ...
... O'er all that wide and unshorn land , Till , weary of its gorgeousness , The aching and the dazzled eye hests gladdened , on the calm blue sky , - Slumbers the mighty wilderness ! The oak , upon the windy hill , Its dark green burthen ...
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... O'er the waters still and red ; And the squaw's dark eye burned brighter , And she drew her blanket tighter , As , with quicker step and lighter , From that door she fled . For that chief had magic skill , And a Panisee's dark will ...
... O'er the waters still and red ; And the squaw's dark eye burned brighter , And she drew her blanket tighter , As , with quicker step and lighter , From that door she fled . For that chief had magic skill , And a Panisee's dark will ...
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... o'er the dead ! - All these the Sachem's home had known , When , on her journey long and wild To the dim World of Souls , alone , In her young beauty passed the mother of his child . Three bow - shots from the Sachem's dwelling They ...
... o'er the dead ! - All these the Sachem's home had known , When , on her journey long and wild To the dim World of Souls , alone , In her young beauty passed the mother of his child . Three bow - shots from the Sachem's dwelling They ...
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... o'er some granite wall Soft vine - leaves open to the moisten- ing dew And warm bright sun , the love of that young wife Found on a hard cold breast the dew and warmth of life . The steep bleak hills , the melancholy shore , The long ...
... o'er some granite wall Soft vine - leaves open to the moisten- ing dew And warm bright sun , the love of that young wife Found on a hard cold breast the dew and warmth of life . The steep bleak hills , the melancholy shore , The long ...
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... o'er the water- He knew them all -woe for the Sa- chem's daughter . Sick and aweary of her lonely life , Heedless of peril the still faithful wife Had left her mother's grave , her fa- ther's door , To seek the wigwam of her chief once ...
... o'er the water- He knew them all -woe for the Sa- chem's daughter . Sick and aweary of her lonely life , Heedless of peril the still faithful wife Had left her mother's grave , her fa- ther's door , To seek the wigwam of her chief once ...
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Page 329 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
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Page 237 - For my taste the blackberry cone Purpled over hedge and stone; Laughed the brook for my delight 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!
Page 429 - Because," — the brown eyes lower fell, — "Because, you see, I love you!" Still memory to a gray-haired man That sweet child-face is showing. Dear girl! the grasses on her grave Have forty years been growing! He lives to learn, in life's hard school, How few who pass above him Lament their triumph and his loss, Like her, — because they love him.