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... young heart had beat , — For Rose , who was bright as the spirit of dawn , When with wand dropping diamonds , and silvery feet , It walks o'er the flow'rs of the mountain and lawn . Must Rose , then , from Reuben so fatally sever 2 ...
... young heart had beat , — For Rose , who was bright as the spirit of dawn , When with wand dropping diamonds , and silvery feet , It walks o'er the flow'rs of the mountain and lawn . Must Rose , then , from Reuben so fatally sever 2 ...
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... young should feel and know , By thee was taught so sweetly well , Thy words fell soft as vernal snow , And all was brightness where they fell ! Fond soother of my infant tear , Fond sharer of my infant joy , Is not thy shade still ling ...
... young should feel and know , By thee was taught so sweetly well , Thy words fell soft as vernal snow , And all was brightness where they fell ! Fond soother of my infant tear , Fond sharer of my infant joy , Is not thy shade still ling ...
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... Young Rupert and his friends repair'd Unto a spacious court , To strike the bounding tennis - ball In feat and manly sport . The bridegroom on his finger wore The wedding - ring so bright , Which was to grace the lily hand Of Isabel ...
... Young Rupert and his friends repair'd Unto a spacious court , To strike the bounding tennis - ball In feat and manly sport . The bridegroom on his finger wore The wedding - ring so bright , Which was to grace the lily hand Of Isabel ...
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... Young Rupert for his wedding - ring Unto the statue went ; But , oh , how shock'd was he to find The marble finger bent . The hand was clos'd upon the ring With firm and mighty clasp ; In vain he tried , and tried , and tried , He could ...
... Young Rupert for his wedding - ring Unto the statue went ; But , oh , how shock'd was he to find The marble finger bent . The hand was clos'd upon the ring With firm and mighty clasp ; In vain he tried , and tried , and tried , He could ...
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... young man , who lost his mind upon the death of a girl he loved , and who , suddenly disappearing from his friends , was never afterwards heard of . As he had frequently said , in his ravings , that the girl was not dead , but gone to ...
... young man , who lost his mind upon the death of a girl he loved , and who , suddenly disappearing from his friends , was never afterwards heard of . As he had frequently said , in his ravings , that the girl was not dead , but gone to ...
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Page 39 - I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, 'Whose lights are fled Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 250 - And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians...
Page 28 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. "Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, 'The rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Page 32 - Those joyous hours are past away ; And many a heart, that then was gay, Within the tomb now darkly dwells, And hears no more those evening bells. And so 'twill be when I am gone ; That tuneful peal will still ring on, While other bards shall walk these dells, And sing your praise, sweet...
Page 243 - But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, GOD, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through Virtue's purer air, To hold my course to Thee ! No sin to cloud, no lure to stay My Soul, as home she springs ; — Thy Sunshine on her joyful way, Thy Freedom in her wings ! FALLEN IS THY THRONE.
Page 242 - ... o'ershadows all the earth and skies like some dark beauteous bird whose plume is sparkling with unnumbered eyes that sacred gloom those fires divine so grand so countless Lord are thine...
Page 20 - THEY made her a grave, too cold and damp " For a soul so warm and true ; " And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, ' " Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp,
Page 264 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Page 28 - ... past ! Why should we yet our sail unfurl? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl ! But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow ! the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past ! Utawas tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float over thy surges soon.
Page 250 - Praise to the Conqueror, praise to the Lord ! His word was our arrow, His breath was our sword. Who shall return to tell Egypt the story Of those she sent forth in the hour of her pride ? For the Lord hath looked out from His pillar of glory, And all her brave thousands are dashed in the tide. Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea ! Jehovah hath triumphed, — His people are free ! THOMAS MOORE.