The Golden Present: A Gift for All SeasonsMrs. J. Thayer |
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... childhood's remem- bered home . When sitting in your silent home You gaze around and weep , Or call to those who cannot come , Nor wake from dreamless sleep ; Those chords , so oft as you bemoan " The distant and the dead , " Bring ...
... childhood's remem- bered home . When sitting in your silent home You gaze around and weep , Or call to those who cannot come , Nor wake from dreamless sleep ; Those chords , so oft as you bemoan " The distant and the dead , " Bring ...
Page 47
... childhood's remem- bered home . MRS . NORTON . 1 Twilight . THE day is done , and the darkness Falls from the wings of night , As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight . I see the lamps of the village Gleam through ...
... childhood's remem- bered home . MRS . NORTON . 1 Twilight . THE day is done , and the darkness Falls from the wings of night , As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight . I see the lamps of the village Gleam through ...
Page 68
... childhood's years . Once there were hearts that loved me well , And joys that deathless seemed to swell- Those joys have faded from my breast , Those hearts are silent and at rest . Then bid me not remember now , Since darkness , sin ...
... childhood's years . Once there were hearts that loved me well , And joys that deathless seemed to swell- Those joys have faded from my breast , Those hearts are silent and at rest . Then bid me not remember now , Since darkness , sin ...
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... childhood's inno- cence or of childhood's happiness ; in either case , he so shrinks from the thought of its first deterioration , as , in some moods , to deem death preferable to it . THE MAIDEN AUNT . Song . By the clear silver tones ...
... childhood's inno- cence or of childhood's happiness ; in either case , he so shrinks from the thought of its first deterioration , as , in some moods , to deem death preferable to it . THE MAIDEN AUNT . Song . By the clear silver tones ...
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