Gems of Poetry: From Forty-eight American Poets. Embracing the Most Popular Authors |
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... sorrow moving theme I try , Ah maiden , how thy tears will fall , For all I doom to die ! But if in merry mood I touch Thy leaves , then shall the sight of thee Sow smiles as thick on rosy lips , As ripples on the sea . The Weekly press ...
... sorrow moving theme I try , Ah maiden , how thy tears will fall , For all I doom to die ! But if in merry mood I touch Thy leaves , then shall the sight of thee Sow smiles as thick on rosy lips , As ripples on the sea . The Weekly press ...
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... sorrow from thy glorious coast , And urge the feet forbid to linger here . But must I rove by Arno's current clear , And hear the rush of Tiber's yellow flood , And wander on the mount , now waste and drear , Where Cæsar's palace in its ...
... sorrow from thy glorious coast , And urge the feet forbid to linger here . But must I rove by Arno's current clear , And hear the rush of Tiber's yellow flood , And wander on the mount , now waste and drear , Where Cæsar's palace in its ...
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... sorrow speak , In accents of departed years . Go , child , and pour thy sinless prayer Before the everlasting throne ; And he who sits in glory there May stoop to hear thy silver tone . Go . warrior , in thy glittering steel , And bow ...
... sorrow speak , In accents of departed years . Go , child , and pour thy sinless prayer Before the everlasting throne ; And he who sits in glory there May stoop to hear thy silver tone . Go . warrior , in thy glittering steel , And bow ...
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... away , Ere hope and joy and youth have fled , Ere wo has wrought decay ! Better to die in youth When life is green and bright , Than when the heart has lost its truth 55 50 DEATH . In age and sorrow's night- Then woes Death By R Morris.
... away , Ere hope and joy and youth have fled , Ere wo has wrought decay ! Better to die in youth When life is green and bright , Than when the heart has lost its truth 55 50 DEATH . In age and sorrow's night- Then woes Death By R Morris.
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... sorrow's night- Then woes and years around us throng , And death's chill grasp is on us long . Life is a rifled flower When love's pure visions fade- A broken spell - a faded hour— An echo - and a shade ! The poet's thirst for fame ...
... sorrow's night- Then woes and years around us throng , And death's chill grasp is on us long . Life is a rifled flower When love's pure visions fade- A broken spell - a faded hour— An echo - and a shade ! The poet's thirst for fame ...
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BARQUE beauty beneath Big Stone Lake bird BIRTH OF THUNDER blessed bloom blue bowers brave breast breath breeze bright brow burning cheek clouds cold dark dead death deep dreams earth fading fair flowers gale gazed gentle glance glory glow gone grave green hath hear heart heaven hills holy hope hour kiss leaf light lips LITTLE FOOT lonely look lyre memory Mermaid's hair mighty mighty music morning mountain mourn N. P. WILLIS night o'er ocean pale poet's R. H. DANA roll rose round Scots wha hae sea-bird shade shine SHIP OF SALEM shore sigh silent skies sleep slumber smile song sorrow soul SPECTRE SHIP spirit stars stood storm stream summer sweet tears tell tempest THANATOPSIS thee thine thou art thoughts throne thundering bands torrent streaming tread visions voice wake wandering WASHINGTON ALLSTON waves wild wind wing youth