American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... thine , are laid in earth , There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth ; And I who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine , Who shared thy joy and sorrow , Whose weal and woe were thine ; It should be mine to braid ...
... thine , are laid in earth , There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth ; And I who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine , Who shared thy joy and sorrow , Whose weal and woe were thine ; It should be mine to braid ...
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... thine own : ' Tis thy mortality infects thine ear ; The mournful strain was in thyself alone . CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH The Spirit - Land Father ! thy wonders do not singly stand , Nor far removed where feet have seldom strayed ...
... thine own : ' Tis thy mortality infects thine ear ; The mournful strain was in thyself alone . CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH The Spirit - Land Father ! thy wonders do not singly stand , Nor far removed where feet have seldom strayed ...
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... thine own track firmly holding , ( No sweetness debonair of tearful harp or glib piano thine , ) Thy trills of shrieks by rocks and hills return'd , Launch'd o'er the prairies wide , across the lakes , To the free skies unpent and glad ...
... thine own track firmly holding , ( No sweetness debonair of tearful harp or glib piano thine , ) Thy trills of shrieks by rocks and hills return'd , Launch'd o'er the prairies wide , across the lakes , To the free skies unpent and glad ...
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