A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best PoetsWilliam Cullen Bryant |
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... hear the words said , For I know that the angels are whispering to And your lashes keep drooping lower and lower , And the wife wept with joy her babe's father to see ; And his trousers considering not very much | Why ,. I'm in love with ...
... hear the words said , For I know that the angels are whispering to And your lashes keep drooping lower and lower , And the wife wept with joy her babe's father to see ; And his trousers considering not very much | Why ,. I'm in love with ...
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... hear in it What none of you can hear , - The talk upon the willow seat , The bird and wind that did repeat Around , our human cheer . I hear the birthday's noisy bliss , My sisters ' woodland glee , My father's praise I did not miss ...
... hear in it What none of you can hear , - The talk upon the willow seat , The bird and wind that did repeat Around , our human cheer . I hear the birthday's noisy bliss , My sisters ' woodland glee , My father's praise I did not miss ...
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... hear thee , and to see ! Thy elder brother I would be , Thy father , anything to thee . Now thanks to Heaven ! that of its grace Hath led me to this lonely place ; Joy have I had ; and going hence I bear away my recompense . In spots ...
... hear thee , and to see ! Thy elder brother I would be , Thy father , anything to thee . Now thanks to Heaven ! that of its grace Hath led me to this lonely place ; Joy have I had ; and going hence I bear away my recompense . In spots ...
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... Hear , then , my little saint ! I'll pray to thee . If now thy happy mind , Amidst its various joys , can leisure find To attend to anything so low As what I say or do , Regard , and be what thou wast ever , kind . Let not the blest ...
... Hear , then , my little saint ! I'll pray to thee . If now thy happy mind , Amidst its various joys , can leisure find To attend to anything so low As what I say or do , Regard , and be what thou wast ever , kind . Let not the blest ...
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... hear , I hear " ; And the lily whispers , " I wait . " She is coming , my own , my sweet ! Were it ever so airy a tread , My heart would hear her and beat , Were it earth in an earthly bed ; My dust would hear her and beat , Had I lain ...
... hear , I hear " ; And the lily whispers , " I wait . " She is coming , my own , my sweet ! Were it ever so airy a tread , My heart would hear her and beat , Were it earth in an earthly bed ; My dust would hear her and beat , Had I lain ...
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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
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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
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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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