Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 2Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
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... hope of meeting once again Its better half , never to sunder more . Nor shall it hope in vain : -the time draws on , When not a single spot of burial earth , Whether on land , or in the spacious sea , But must give back its long ...
... hope of meeting once again Its better half , never to sunder more . Nor shall it hope in vain : -the time draws on , When not a single spot of burial earth , Whether on land , or in the spacious sea , But must give back its long ...
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... hope at the end of his days , Of rising in brighter array . Dr. Watts . - Born 1674 , Died 1748 . Not the wild herd of nymphs and swains That thoughtless fly into thy chains , As custom leads the way : If there be bliss without design ...
... hope at the end of his days , Of rising in brighter array . Dr. Watts . - Born 1674 , Died 1748 . Not the wild herd of nymphs and swains That thoughtless fly into thy chains , As custom leads the way : If there be bliss without design ...
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... hope of nobler time to come ; Time higher aimed , still nearer the great mark Of men and angels , virtue more divine . On all important time , through every age , Though much , and warm , the wise have urged , the man Is yet unborn who ...
... hope of nobler time to come ; Time higher aimed , still nearer the great mark Of men and angels , virtue more divine . On all important time , through every age , Though much , and warm , the wise have urged , the man Is yet unborn who ...
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... hope , of every joy , The wish of nature . Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm , that not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods , Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspen tall . The uncurling floods ...
... hope , of every joy , The wish of nature . Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm , that not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods , Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspen tall . The uncurling floods ...
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... hope but soothes to double my distress , And every moment leaves my little less ; While yet my steady steps no staff sustains , And life still vigorous revels in my veins ; Grant me , kind Heaven , to find some happier place , Where ...
... hope but soothes to double my distress , And every moment leaves my little less ; While yet my steady steps no staff sustains , And life still vigorous revels in my veins ; Grant me , kind Heaven , to find some happier place , Where ...
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