A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best PoetsWilliam Cullen Bryant |
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... John Townsend Trowbridge , and John Greenleaf Whittier . With these brief explanations and acknowledgments , the " Library of Poetry and Song " is placed before the public , with the hope that it will be deemed worthy of its title ...
... John Townsend Trowbridge , and John Greenleaf Whittier . With these brief explanations and acknowledgments , the " Library of Poetry and Song " is placed before the public , with the hope that it will be deemed worthy of its title ...
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... JOHN HOWARD PAYNE 30 THOMAS HOOD 222 LEIGH HUNT 256 JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND 256 ALFRED TENNYSON 296 GEORGE H. BOKER 374 T. BUCHANAN READ 412 JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER . 414 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 428 BAYARD TAYLOR 468 ELIZABETH BARRETT ...
... JOHN HOWARD PAYNE 30 THOMAS HOOD 222 LEIGH HUNT 256 JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND 256 ALFRED TENNYSON 296 GEORGE H. BOKER 374 T. BUCHANAN READ 412 JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER . 414 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 428 BAYARD TAYLOR 468 ELIZABETH BARRETT ...
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... JOHN FRANCIS . Maud Muller Meeting , The 348 New England in Winter Palm - Tree , The Poet's Reward , The . 50 ... WHITTIER , JOHN GREENLEAF . Haverhill , Mass . , b . 1807 . Absent Sailor , To her Angel of Patience , The Barbara ...
... JOHN FRANCIS . Maud Muller Meeting , The 348 New England in Winter Palm - Tree , The Poet's Reward , The . 50 ... WHITTIER , JOHN GREENLEAF . Haverhill , Mass . , b . 1807 . Absent Sailor , To her Angel of Patience , The Barbara ...
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... JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER . BOYHOOD . AH , then how sweetly closed those crowded days ! The minutes parting one by one like rays , That fade upon a summer's eve . But O , what charm or magic numbers Can give me back the gentle slumbers ...
... JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER . BOYHOOD . AH , then how sweetly closed those crowded days ! The minutes parting one by one like rays , That fade upon a summer's eve . But O , what charm or magic numbers Can give me back the gentle slumbers ...
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... JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER . THE POET'S FRIEND . LORD BOLINGBROKE . COME then , my friend ! my genius ! come along ; O master of the poet , and the song ! And while the muse now stoops , or now ascends , To man's low passions , or their ...
... JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER . THE POET'S FRIEND . LORD BOLINGBROKE . COME then , my friend ! my genius ! come along ; O master of the poet , and the song ! And while the muse now stoops , or now ascends , To man's low passions , or their ...
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