The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf WhittierHoughton, Osgood & Company, 1879 - 505 pages |
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... breath , She meets that ghastly sign of death . In one long , glassy , spectral stare The enlarging eye is fastened there , As if that mesh of pale brown hair Had power to change at sight alone , Even as the fearful locks which wound ...
... breath , She meets that ghastly sign of death . In one long , glassy , spectral stare The enlarging eye is fastened there , As if that mesh of pale brown hair Had power to change at sight alone , Even as the fearful locks which wound ...
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... breath ! " Father ! my life I value less Than yonder fool his gaudy dress ; And how it ends it matters not , By heart - break or by rifle - shot ; But spare awhile the scoff and threat , Our business is not finished yet . " - - " True ...
... breath ! " Father ! my life I value less Than yonder fool his gaudy dress ; And how it ends it matters not , By heart - break or by rifle - shot ; But spare awhile the scoff and threat , Our business is not finished yet . " - - " True ...
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... breath- ing , The wings which dipped , the stars which shone Within thy bosom , blue Garonne ! And round the Abbey's shadowed wall , At morning spring and even - fall , Sweet voices in the still air singing , The chant of many a holy ...
... breath- ing , The wings which dipped , the stars which shone Within thy bosom , blue Garonne ! And round the Abbey's shadowed wall , At morning spring and even - fall , Sweet voices in the still air singing , The chant of many a holy ...
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... breath ; Scarce can the gazer feel that this Is but the spoiler's treacherous kiss , The mocking - smile of Death ! " Sweet were the tales she used to tell When summer's eve was dear to us , And , fading from the darkening dell , The ...
... breath ; Scarce can the gazer feel that this Is but the spoiler's treacherous kiss , The mocking - smile of Death ! " Sweet were the tales she used to tell When summer's eve was dear to us , And , fading from the darkening dell , The ...
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... breath To stir the drapery on her breast , Pain , with its keen and poisoned fang , The horror of the mortal pang , The suffering look her brow had worn , The fear , the strife , the anguish gone , - She slept at last in death ! " O ...
... breath To stir the drapery on her breast , Pain , with its keen and poisoned fang , The horror of the mortal pang , The suffering look her brow had worn , The fear , the strife , the anguish gone , - She slept at last in death ! " O ...
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Page 328 - It shivered the window, pane and sash ; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Page 389 - On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Page 237 - BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace : From my heart I give thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art, — the grown-up man Only is republican.
Page 247 - He spoke of the grass and flowers and trees, Of the singing birds and the humming bees ; Then talked of the haying, and wondered whether The cloud in the west would bring foul weather. And Maud forgot her brier-torn gown, And her graceful ankles bare and brown, And listened, while a pleased surprise Looked from her long-lashed hazel eyes.
Page 275 - Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead!
Page 248 - Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of hay; " No doubtful balance of rights and wrongs, Nor weary lawyers with endless tongues, " But low of cattle and song of birds, And health and quiet and loving words.
Page 247 - He would dress me up in silks so fine, And praise and toast me at his wine. "My father should wear a broadcloth coat; My brother should sail a painted boat...
Page 389 - The wrong that pains my soul below I dare not throne above, I know not of His hate — I know His goodness and His love.
Page 296 - All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And knoweth more of all my needs Than all my prayers have told. Enough that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; That wheresoe'er my feet have swerved His chastening turned me back ; That more and more a Providence Of love is understood, Making the springs of time and sense Sweet with eternal good ; That...
Page 329 - Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved it well; And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night.