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" Then up arose the oysterman, and to himself said he, "I guess I'll leave the skiff at home, for fear that folks should see; I read it in the story-book, that, for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont,— and I will swim this here. "
Songs for Fishermen - Page 293
1922 - 330 pages
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The Harbinger: A May-gift

Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - Gift books - 1833 - 114 pages
...should see; I read it in the story-book, that for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont, — and I will swim this here." And he has leaped into the waves, and he has crossed the stream, And he has clambered up the bank, all in the moonlight gleam ; O there were...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...should see; I read it a story-book, that for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont, — and I will swim this here." And he has leaped into the...soft as rain,— But they have heard her father's step, and in he leaps again ! Out spoke the ancient fisherman, — " 0 what was that, my daughter ?'"...
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Poems

Oliver Wendell Holmes - Medicine in literature - 1850 - 310 pages
...in the story-book, that, for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont, — and I will swim this And he has leaped into the waves, and crossed the...soft as rain, — But they have heard her father's step, and in he leaps again ! Out spoke the ancient fisherman, — "O what was that, my daughter ?...
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Poems

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...see ; I read it in the story-book, that, for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont, — and I will swim this here." And he has leaped into the...clambered up the bank, all in the moonlight gleam ; 0 there were kisses sweet as dew, and words as soft as rain, — But they have heard her father's...
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Poems

Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literature, Modern - 1851 - 320 pages
...see ; I read it in the story-book, that, for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont, — and I will swim this here." ,And he has leaped into the...clambered up the bank, all in the moonlight gleam ; 0 there were kisses sweet as dew, and words as soft as rain, — But they have heard her father's...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 340 pages
...see ; I read it in the story-book, that, for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont, — and I will swim this here." And he has leaped into the...soft as rain,— But they have heard her father's step, and in he leaps again ! Out spoke the ancient fisherman, — "O what was that, my daughter !"...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes - American poetry - 1852 - 316 pages
...see ; I read it in the story-book, that, for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont, — and I will swim this here." And he has leaped into the...clambered up the bank, all in the moonlight gleam ; 0 there were kisses sweet as dew, and words as soft as rain, — But they have heard her father's...
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Poems

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1854 - 324 pages
...in the story-book, that, for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont, — and I will swim this And he has leaped into the waves, and crossed the...soft as rain, — But they have heard her father's step, and in he leaps again! Out spoke the ancient fisherman, — "O what was that, my daughter ? "...
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A Compendium of American Literature

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...see ; I read it in the story-book, that, for to kiss his dear, Leander swam the Hellespont — and I will swim this here." And he has leaped into the waves, and crossed the shining stream, And he bas clambered up the bank, all in the moonlight gleam ; 0 there were kisses sweet as dew, and words...
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ADVENTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICANS;

HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...opposite to him. It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, Upon a moonlight evening, a sitting in the shade ; He saw her wave her handkerchief, as...clambered up the bank, all in the moonlight gleam; 0 there were kisses sweet as dew, and words as soft as rain, But they have heard her father's step,...
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