American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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... heard , no sign is made , No step is on the conscious floor ! Yet Love will dream and Faith will trust ( Since He who knows our need is just ) That somehow , somewhere , meet we must . Alas for him who never sees 200 205 The stars shine ...
... heard , no sign is made , No step is on the conscious floor ! Yet Love will dream and Faith will trust ( Since He who knows our need is just ) That somehow , somewhere , meet we must . Alas for him who never sees 200 205 The stars shine ...
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... heard , only the breathing of the wind . As we sat up , kept awake by the novelty of our situation , we heard at inter- vals foxes stepping about over the dead leaves , and brushing the dewy grass close to our tent , and once a musquash ...
... heard , only the breathing of the wind . As we sat up , kept awake by the novelty of our situation , we heard at inter- vals foxes stepping about over the dead leaves , and brushing the dewy grass close to our tent , and once a musquash ...
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... heard the bells , the Lincoln , Acton , Bedford , or Con- cord bell , when the wind was favorable , a faint , sweet , and , as it were , natural mel- ody , worth importing into the wilderness . At a sufficient distance over the woods ...
... heard the bells , the Lincoln , Acton , Bedford , or Con- cord bell , when the wind was favorable , a faint , sweet , and , as it were , natural mel- ody , worth importing into the wilderness . At a sufficient distance over the woods ...
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