Fireside Poetry: Being Choice Selections in Chronological Order from the Most Famous Poets, from Chaucer to Tennyson; with Biographical Notices of the Authors ...Amer. News Company - English poetry |
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... HOPE . " AT summer eve , when Heaven's ethereal bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below . Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye , Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear ...
... HOPE . " AT summer eve , when Heaven's ethereal bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below . Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye , Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear ...
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... HOPE . HOPE sets the stamp of vanity on all That men have deemed substantial since the fall , Yet , has the wondrous virtue to educe From emptiness itself a real use ; And while she takes , as at a father's hand , What health and sober ...
... HOPE . HOPE sets the stamp of vanity on all That men have deemed substantial since the fall , Yet , has the wondrous virtue to educe From emptiness itself a real use ; And while she takes , as at a father's hand , What health and sober ...
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... Hope , and , stooping low , Saw the sweet - smelling cerements , pure as snow , Each calmly folded in its proper place , But paused on the threshold gazing . Hope , not grieved At his defeat , soon followed , nor delayed To enter in ...
... Hope , and , stooping low , Saw the sweet - smelling cerements , pure as snow , Each calmly folded in its proper place , But paused on the threshold gazing . Hope , not grieved At his defeat , soon followed , nor delayed To enter in ...
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