A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best PoetsWilliam Cullen Bryant |
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... bright a link , Thou idol of thy parents ; - ( Drat the boy ! There goes my ink . ) Thou cherub , but of earth ; Fit playfellow for fairies , by moonlight pale , In harmless sport and mirth , ( That dog will bite him , if he pulls his ...
... bright a link , Thou idol of thy parents ; - ( Drat the boy ! There goes my ink . ) Thou cherub , but of earth ; Fit playfellow for fairies , by moonlight pale , In harmless sport and mirth , ( That dog will bite him , if he pulls his ...
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... bright - ah , bright - but your light is failing ; You are nothing now but a bow . You Moon ! have you done something wrong in heaven , That God has hidden your face ? " Thou know'st that twice a day I have brought thee in this can with ...
... bright - ah , bright - but your light is failing ; You are nothing now but a bow . You Moon ! have you done something wrong in heaven , That God has hidden your face ? " Thou know'st that twice a day I have brought thee in this can with ...
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... bright red berries rest , Nor the pinks , nor the pale sweet cowslip , It seemeth to me the best . I once had a little brother , With eyes that were dark and deep ; In the lap of that old dim forest He lieth in peace asleep : Light as ...
... bright red berries rest , Nor the pinks , nor the pale sweet cowslip , It seemeth to me the best . I once had a little brother , With eyes that were dark and deep ; In the lap of that old dim forest He lieth in peace asleep : Light as ...
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... bright , I bless thee , Vision as thou art , I bless thee with a human heart : God shield thee to thy latest years ! I neither know thee nor thy peers ; And yet my eyes are filled with tears . With earnest feeling I shall pray For thee ...
... bright , I bless thee , Vision as thou art , I bless thee with a human heart : God shield thee to thy latest years ! I neither know thee nor thy peers ; And yet my eyes are filled with tears . With earnest feeling I shall pray For thee ...
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... bright days of summer glee There found them side by side . And voices of the fair and brave Rose mingling thence in mirth ; And sweetly floated o'er the wave The melodies of earth . Moonlight on that lone Indian main Cloudless and ...
... bright days of summer glee There found them side by side . And voices of the fair and brave Rose mingling thence in mirth ; And sweetly floated o'er the wave The melodies of earth . Moonlight on that lone Indian main Cloudless and ...
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Page 684 - ed to music all their fountains, And breathed upon the frozen mountains, And like a prophetess of May Strewed flowers upon the barren way, Making the wintry world appear Like one on whom thou smilest, dear. Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood
Page 712 - long legs " and thighs Passed the common in shape or in color or size, He was wont to consider an absolute prize. Well, it happened one day, — I really can't say The particular month ; hut I think Ч was in May, — 'T was, I know,
Page 565 - ou ! Lightismyheart since the day we were plighted ; Kedisniy cheek that they told me
Page 536 - я fair. Give me but what this ribbon bound," perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep ; While the birds unbounded fly, •из POEMS OF NATURE. And with music fill the sky, Now, even now, my joys run high. Be full, ye courts ; be great who will ; Search for
Page 297 - hymn ! in swarming cities vast, Assembled men to the deep organ join T
Page 446 - And often after sunset, sir, When it U light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my gnpper there. " The first that died was Sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay. Till God released her of her pain ; And the» she went away.
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Page 540 - CAROLINE NORTON. HIGH-TIDE ON THE COAST OP LIN COLNSHIRE. Тик old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three ; " Play uppe, play uppe, О Boston belK ! Ply all your changes, all