Poems of Henry W. Longfellow: Including Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha and the Courtship of Miles Standish; with Biographical Sketch and Explanatory NotesBurt, 1901 - 347 pages |
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... TELL me not , in mournful numbers , " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead that slumbers , And things are not what they seem . Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art , to dust ...
... TELL me not , in mournful numbers , " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead that slumbers , And things are not what they seem . Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art , to dust ...
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... tell us Spring is born ; Others , their blue eyes with tears o'erflowing , Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn ; Not alone in Spring's armorial bear- ing , And in Summer's green - embla- zoned field , But in arms of brave old Autumn's ...
... tell us Spring is born ; Others , their blue eyes with tears o'erflowing , Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn ; Not alone in Spring's armorial bear- ing , And in Summer's green - embla- zoned field , But in arms of brave old Autumn's ...
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... Tell their beads in drops of rain , And patter their doleful prayers ; - But their prayers are all in vain , All in vain ! There he stands in the foul weather , The foolish , fond Old Year , Crowned with wild flowers and with heather ...
... Tell their beads in drops of rain , And patter their doleful prayers ; - But their prayers are all in vain , All in vain ! There he stands in the foul weather , The foolish , fond Old Year , Crowned with wild flowers and with heather ...
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... Tell me , the charms that lovers seek In the clear eye and blushing cheek , The hues that play O'er rosy lip and brow of snow , When hoary age approaches slow , Ah , where are they ? The cunning skill , the curious arts , The glorious ...
... Tell me , the charms that lovers seek In the clear eye and blushing cheek , The hues that play O'er rosy lip and brow of snow , When hoary age approaches slow , Ah , where are they ? The cunning skill , the curious arts , The glorious ...
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... tell tales , too , of Joñs Lundsbracka , and Lunkenfus , and the great Riddar Finke of Pingsdaga.1 And now the glad , leafy mid - summer , full of blossoms and the song of nightingales , is come ! Saint John has taken the flowers and ...
... tell tales , too , of Joñs Lundsbracka , and Lunkenfus , and the great Riddar Finke of Pingsdaga.1 And now the glad , leafy mid - summer , full of blossoms and the song of nightingales , is come ! Saint John has taken the flowers and ...
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Acadian answer arrows beautiful behold beneath birds bosom breath bright Captain Chibiabos CHISPA clouds CRUZADO Dacotahs dance dark dead death DON CARLOS dreams earth Edenhall Evangeline eyes face father flowers forest gleam golden Grand-Pré grave Gypsy hand hast hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha holy HYPOLITO John Alden Julius Cæsar Kenabeek Kwasind land LARA Laughing Water leaves light look loud maiden maize meadow mighty Miles Standish Minnehaha Mondamin moon morning night o'er old Nokomis Osseo PADRE CURA passed Pau-Puk-Keewis poem prairie Pray prayer PRECIOSA Priscilla river rose round rushing sail sang shadows shining shore silent singing sleep smile snow soft song Song of Hiawatha sorrow soul sound spake spirit stars stood sunshine sweet Tharaw thee thou art thought trees unto VICTORIAN village voice waiting wampum wander waves weary whispered wigwam wild wind words youth