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... Immunity from Death's Arrest would gain , Shepard would have been Death - proof , and secure From that All conquering ... and Virtue tried , If modest Carriage , rare Humility , Could have brib'd Death , good Shepard had not died .
... Immunity from Death's Arrest would gain , Shepard would have been Death - proof , and secure From that All conquering ... and Virtue tried , If modest Carriage , rare Humility , Could have brib'd Death , good Shepard had not died .
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On the hard floors these wasted objects laid , There toss'd and tumbled in the dismal shade , There no soft voice their bitter fate bemoan'd , And Death strode stately , while the victims groan'd ; Of leaky decks I heard them long ...
On the hard floors these wasted objects laid , There toss'd and tumbled in the dismal shade , There no soft voice their bitter fate bemoan'd , And Death strode stately , while the victims groan'd ; Of leaky decks I heard them long ...
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From The House of Night A VISION ADVERTISEMENT – This Poem is founded upon the authority of Scripture , inasmuch as these sacred books assert , that the last enemy that shall be conquered is Death . For the purposes of poetry he is here ...
From The House of Night A VISION ADVERTISEMENT – This Poem is founded upon the authority of Scripture , inasmuch as these sacred books assert , that the last enemy that shall be conquered is Death . For the purposes of poetry he is here ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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