Gems from the American Poets: With Brief Biographical NoticesRufus Wilmot Griswold H. Hooker, 1844 - 120 pages |
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... died at sea , near the West India Islands , in 1809. He was secretary to General Eaton , at Tunis , in 1800 ; and in 1803 accompanied Lord Selkirk on his expedition to form a settlement on St. Louis Island in Upper Canada . A collection ...
... died at sea , near the West India Islands , in 1809. He was secretary to General Eaton , at Tunis , in 1800 ; and in 1803 accompanied Lord Selkirk on his expedition to form a settlement on St. Louis Island in Upper Canada . A collection ...
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... died in Cambridgeport , Massa- chusetts , on the 8th of July , 1843. He was the greatest of the American painters . A collection of his poems was published in London in 1812. " Monaldi , " his principle prose work , appeared in Boston ...
... died in Cambridgeport , Massa- chusetts , on the 8th of July , 1843. He was the greatest of the American painters . A collection of his poems was published in London in 1812. " Monaldi , " his principle prose work , appeared in Boston ...
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... dying day The tone or the burthen of her lay , ) — " Passing away ! passing away ! " NAPOLEON . His falchion flash'd along the Nile ; His hosts he led through Alpine snows ; O'er Moscow's towers , that shook the while , His eagle flag ...
... dying day The tone or the burthen of her lay , ) — " Passing away ! passing away ! " NAPOLEON . His falchion flash'd along the Nile ; His hosts he led through Alpine snows ; O'er Moscow's towers , that shook the while , His eagle flag ...
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... died in New York in 1842 . He was the author of several volumes of songs , comedies , & c . THE BUCKET . How dear to this heart are the scenes of my child- hood ! When fond recollection presents them to view ; The orchard , the meadow ...
... died in New York in 1842 . He was the author of several volumes of songs , comedies , & c . THE BUCKET . How dear to this heart are the scenes of my child- hood ! When fond recollection presents them to view ; The orchard , the meadow ...
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... dying hear it ; and as sounds of earth Grow dull and distant , wake their passing souls To mingle in this heavenly harmony . THE LITTLE BEACH - BIRD . I. THOU little bird , thou dweller by the sea , Why takest thou its melancholy voice ...
... dying hear it ; and as sounds of earth Grow dull and distant , wake their passing souls To mingle in this heavenly harmony . THE LITTLE BEACH - BIRD . I. THOU little bird , thou dweller by the sea , Why takest thou its melancholy voice ...
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Page 57 - Come to the bridal chamber, Death! Come to the mother's when she feels For the first time her first-born's breath! Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke!
Page 40 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 105 - And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Page 41 - ... And soon that toil shall end ; Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone Will lead my steps aright.
Page 43 - Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead ; They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbit's tread ; The robin and the wren are flown, and from the shrubs the jay, And from the wood-top calls the crow through all the gloomy day. Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers...
Page 73 - I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon ; To whom the better elements And kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, Tis less of earth than heaven.
Page 106 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 104 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 56 - Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth...
Page 42 - Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.