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... Earth hides his date and years ; But , long before the once - loved name Is sunk or worn away , No lip the silent dust may claim , That pressed the breathing clay . Go where the ancient pathway guides , See where our sires laid down ...
... Earth hides his date and years ; But , long before the once - loved name Is sunk or worn away , No lip the silent dust may claim , That pressed the breathing clay . Go where the ancient pathway guides , See where our sires laid down ...
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... earth was hid below The level of the glaring ground , Choked to its gates with snow , And when with summer's flowery waves The lake of verdure rolled , As if a Sultan's white - robed slaves Had scattered pearls and gold . Nay , the soft ...
... earth was hid below The level of the glaring ground , Choked to its gates with snow , And when with summer's flowery waves The lake of verdure rolled , As if a Sultan's white - robed slaves Had scattered pearls and gold . Nay , the soft ...
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... earth's meagre ribs , And hold communion with the things about me . Ah me ! how lovely is the golden braid That binds the skirt of night's descending robe ! The thin leaves , quivering on their silken threads , Do make a music like to ...
... earth's meagre ribs , And hold communion with the things about me . Ah me ! how lovely is the golden braid That binds the skirt of night's descending robe ! The thin leaves , quivering on their silken threads , Do make a music like to ...
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... earth , The breaking thread , the din of clashing shears , And all the needles that do wound the spirit , For such a ... earth's mantle , and yon quiet bird , 18 EARLIER POEMS.
... earth , The breaking thread , the din of clashing shears , And all the needles that do wound the spirit , For such a ... earth's mantle , and yon quiet bird , 18 EARLIER POEMS.
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That sprig earth's mantle , and yon quiet bird , That rides the stream , is to me as a brother . The vulgar know not all the hidden pockets , Where Nature stows away her loveliness . But this unnatural posture of the legs Cramps my ...
That sprig earth's mantle , and yon quiet bird , That rides the stream , is to me as a brother . The vulgar know not all the hidden pockets , Where Nature stows away her loveliness . But this unnatural posture of the legs Cramps my ...
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arms beneath BERKSHIRE blazoned blossoms blue blush boys breast breath bright burning CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM cheek cheerful circling band crown dark dead dear dream dust earth eyes faded fair falchion flame flow flowers fold gathered gleam glittering band glow golden grave gray green hand hear heart Heaven hour JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE Katydid laugh leaves life's light lips listening living look lyre memory morning never nurslings o'er once peaceful percussion cap PHI BETA KAPPA plain rhyme rills ring Rip Van Winkle roll rose round shadows shine shining days shore sigh silent sing skies sleep slumbering smile snow song soul spring stars stethoscope strain stream sweet tears tell thee thine thou throbbing toil tongue tread trembling turn voice wandering warm waves whisper wild wine wings young youth
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Page 2 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 1 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town.