American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... thee , Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee , Nor named thee but to praise . Tears fell when thou wert dying , From eyes unused to weep , And long , where thou art lying , Will tears the cold turf steep . When ...
... thee , Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee , Nor named thee but to praise . Tears fell when thou wert dying , From eyes unused to weep , And long , where thou art lying , Will tears the cold turf steep . When ...
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... thee to shudder , and grow sick at heart ; — Go forth , under the open sky , and list To Nature's teachings , while from all around- Earth and her waters , and the depths of air , — Comes a still voice - Yet a few days , and thee The ...
... thee to shudder , and grow sick at heart ; — Go forth , under the open sky , and list To Nature's teachings , while from all around- Earth and her waters , and the depths of air , — Comes a still voice - Yet a few days , and thee The ...
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... thee lies revealed , - Its irised ceiling rent , its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still , as the spiral grew , He left the past year's dwelling for the new , Stole with ...
... thee lies revealed , - Its irised ceiling rent , its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still , as the spiral grew , He left the past year's dwelling for the new , Stole with ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET 16121672 | 5 |
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 17671848 | 17 |
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