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... turn'd away . Curious and sad , upon the fresh - dug hill , The village lads stood melancholy still ; And idle children , wandering to and fro , As nature guided , took the tone of wo . THE DEATH OF RUTH . * SHE left her infant on the ...
... turn'd away . Curious and sad , upon the fresh - dug hill , The village lads stood melancholy still ; And idle children , wandering to and fro , As nature guided , took the tone of wo . THE DEATH OF RUTH . * SHE left her infant on the ...
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... Turn'd to the name till he could see no more- " ANNA . " His pale survivors , earth to earth , Weeping consign'd his poor remains , and placed Beneath the sod where all he loved was laid : - Then shaping a rude vessel from the woods ...
... Turn'd to the name till he could see no more- " ANNA . " His pale survivors , earth to earth , Weeping consign'd his poor remains , and placed Beneath the sod where all he loved was laid : - Then shaping a rude vessel from the woods ...
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... turn'd the blindfold hero round and round . Twas here , at eve , we form'd our fairy ring ; And fancy flutter'd on her wildest wing . Giants and genii chain'd each wondering ear ; And orphan - sorrows drew the ready tear . Oft with the ...
... turn'd the blindfold hero round and round . Twas here , at eve , we form'd our fairy ring ; And fancy flutter'd on her wildest wing . Giants and genii chain'd each wondering ear ; And orphan - sorrows drew the ready tear . Oft with the ...
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... turn'd the greensward with his spade , He lectured every youth that round hin play'd ; And , calmly pointing where our fathers lay , Roused us to rival each , the hero of his day . Hush , ye fond flutterings , hush ! while here alone I ...
... turn'd the greensward with his spade , He lectured every youth that round hin play'd ; And , calmly pointing where our fathers lay , Roused us to rival each , the hero of his day . Hush , ye fond flutterings , hush ! while here alone I ...
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... Turn'd to enrich another . Then she felt Her strength departing , and at last she fell , Fell in an instant , blotted out and razed ; She who had stood yet longer than the longest Of the four kingdoms , -who , as in an ark , Had floated ...
... Turn'd to enrich another . Then she felt Her strength departing , and at last she fell , Fell in an instant , blotted out and razed ; She who had stood yet longer than the longest Of the four kingdoms , -who , as in an ark , Had floated ...
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