American Heritage: An Anthology and Interpretive Survey of Our LiteratureLeon Howard Heath, 1955 - American literature |
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... light ancestral make the present light a crime ; - Was the Mayflower launched by cowards , steered by men behind their time ? Turn those tracks toward Past or Future , that make Plymouth Rock sublime ? They were men of present valor ...
... light ancestral make the present light a crime ; - Was the Mayflower launched by cowards , steered by men behind their time ? Turn those tracks toward Past or Future , that make Plymouth Rock sublime ? They were men of present valor ...
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... light : Nor amidst all these Triumphs does thou scorn The humble glow - worm to adorn , And with those living spangles gild , ( O Greatness without Pride ! ) the Bushes of the Field . Again : The Violet , springs little Infant , stands ...
... light : Nor amidst all these Triumphs does thou scorn The humble glow - worm to adorn , And with those living spangles gild , ( O Greatness without Pride ! ) the Bushes of the Field . Again : The Violet , springs little Infant , stands ...
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... light , Groaning in half - exploited gutturals 70 The need of its element , the final need Of final access to its element- 80 Of access like the page of a wiggy book , Touched suddenly by the universal flare For a moment , a moment in ...
... light , Groaning in half - exploited gutturals 70 The need of its element , the final need Of final access to its element- 80 Of access like the page of a wiggy book , Touched suddenly by the universal flare For a moment , a moment in ...
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The New England Brahmins | 3 |
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW | 9 |
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES | 29 |
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