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... light , Then from his mansion in the sun , She called her eagle bearer down , And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land ! Majestic monarch of the cloud ! Who rear'st aloft thy regal form , To hear the tempest trumping ...
... light , Then from his mansion in the sun , She called her eagle bearer down , And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land ! Majestic monarch of the cloud ! Who rear'st aloft thy regal form , To hear the tempest trumping ...
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... light at midnight , A strange and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain , And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror , deem A mighty host behind , And hear ...
... light at midnight , A strange and sudden fear : When waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain , And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror , deem A mighty host behind , And hear ...
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... seek to trace the fate of man Writ on his infant brow . Love may light on thy snowy cheek , And shake his Eden breathing plumes , Then shalt thou tell how Lelia smiles , Or Angelina blooms . 23 24 TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER Satire may lift.
... seek to trace the fate of man Writ on his infant brow . Love may light on thy snowy cheek , And shake his Eden breathing plumes , Then shalt thou tell how Lelia smiles , Or Angelina blooms . 23 24 TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER Satire may lift.
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... light on the cowled head , And the censer burning swung , Where before the altar hung , That proud banner which , with prayer , Had been consecrated there . And the nun's sweet hymn was heard the while Sung low in the dim mysterious ...
... light on the cowled head , And the censer burning swung , Where before the altar hung , That proud banner which , with prayer , Had been consecrated there . And the nun's sweet hymn was heard the while Sung low in the dim mysterious ...
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... , Thou'rt linked with all that is fresh and wild In the prisoned thoughts of the city child— And thy even wings Are its brighest image of moving things . 28 ITALY . It is no light chance . Thou To a City Pigeon By N P Willis.
... , Thou'rt linked with all that is fresh and wild In the prisoned thoughts of the city child— And thy even wings Are its brighest image of moving things . 28 ITALY . It is no light chance . Thou To a City Pigeon By N P Willis.
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ALARIC Alloway Kirk beams beauty beneath bird blessed bloom blue bowers brave breast breath breeze bright brow burning cheek clouds cold dark dead death deep didst dreams earth fading fair flowers gale gathered gaze gentle gleam glory glow gone grave green hath hear heart heaven hills holy hope hour leaf light linger lips lonely look lyre memory Mermaid's hair mighty morning mountain mourn N. P. WILLIS never night o'er ocean pale PARK BENJAMIN PILGRIM FATHERS pinions poet's power of melody R. H. DANA roll rose round Scots wha hae sea-bird shade shine shore sigh silent skies sleep slumber smile song sorrow soul spirit stars stood storm stream sweet tears tempest THANATOPSIS thee thine thou art thou wert thoughts throne thunder thundering bands thy dreaming torrent streaming tread voice wake wandering waves wild wind wing withered youth
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Page 93 - TO A WATERFOWL Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 95 - There is a Power whose care teaches thy way along that pathless coast, the desert and illimitable air — lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, at that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, though the dark night is near.
Page 41 - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes...
Page 48 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the...
Page 163 - Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice In echoing hearts A sound must long remain ; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers.
Page 42 - Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea!
Page 17 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Page 17 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 19 - That lifts his tossing mane. A moment in the British camp — A moment — and away Back to the pathless forest, Before the peep of day. Grave men there are by broad Santee, Grave men with hoary hairs ; Their hearts are all with Marion, For Marion are their prayers. And lovely ladies greet our band With kindliest welcoming, With smiles like those of summer, And tears like those of spring. For them we wear these trusty arms, And lay them down no more Till we have driven the Briton, Forever, from our...
Page 18 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...