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Like Sentinel and Nun, they keep Their vigil on the green ; One seems to guard, and one to weep, The dead that lie between ; And both roll out, so full and near, Their music's mingling waves, They shake the grass, whose pennoned spear ...
Like Sentinel and Nun, they keep Their vigil on the green ; One seems to guard, and one to weep, The dead that lie between ; And both roll out, so full and near, Their music's mingling waves, They shake the grass, whose pennoned spear ...
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These were the mourner's share, — The sullen clang, whose heavy swell Throbbed through the beating air ; The rattling cord, the rolling stone, The shelving sand that slid, And, far beneath, with hollow tone Rung on the coffin's lid.
These were the mourner's share, — The sullen clang, whose heavy swell Throbbed through the beating air ; The rattling cord, the rolling stone, The shelving sand that slid, And, far beneath, with hollow tone Rung on the coffin's lid.
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I saw the scalding pitch roll down The crackling, sweating pines, And streams of smoke, like water-spouts, Burst through the rumbling mines ; I asked the firemen why they made Such noise about the town ; They answered not, ...
I saw the scalding pitch roll down The crackling, sweating pines, And streams of smoke, like water-spouts, Burst through the rumbling mines ; I asked the firemen why they made Such noise about the town ; They answered not, ...
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THE TREADMILL SONG The stars are rolling in the sky, The earth rolls on below, And we can feel the rattling wheel Revolving as we go. Then tread away, my gallant boys, And make the axle fly ; Why should not wheels go round about, ...
THE TREADMILL SONG The stars are rolling in the sky, The earth rolls on below, And we can feel the rattling wheel Revolving as we go. Then tread away, my gallant boys, And make the axle fly ; Why should not wheels go round about, ...
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... The silent changes of the rolling years, Marked on the soil or dialled on the spheres, The crested forests and the colored flowers, The dewy grottos and the blushing bowers, — These, and their guardians, who, with liquid names, ...
... The silent changes of the rolling years, Marked on the soil or dialled on the spheres, The crested forests and the colored flowers, The dewy grottos and the blushing bowers, — These, and their guardians, who, with liquid names, ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems 1 The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| Author | Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| Publisher | Reprint Services Corporation, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0781213916, 9780781213912 |
| Length | 474 pages |
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