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Thomas William Parsons ( 1819-1892 ) SPARKLING AND BRIGHT SPARKLING and bright in liquid light , Does the wine our goblets gleam in ; With hue as red as the rosy bed Which a bee would choose to dream in .
Thomas William Parsons ( 1819-1892 ) SPARKLING AND BRIGHT SPARKLING and bright in liquid light , Does the wine our goblets gleam in ; With hue as red as the rosy bed Which a bee would choose to dream in .
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They dined on mince and slices of quince , Which they ate with a runcible spoon ; And hand in hand , on the edge of the sand , They danced by the light of the moon , The moon , The moon , They danced by the light of the moon .
They dined on mince and slices of quince , Which they ate with a runcible spoon ; And hand in hand , on the edge of the sand , They danced by the light of the moon , The moon , The moon , They danced by the light of the moon .
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I just have room for the MORAL here : And this is the moral , -- Stick to your sphere ; Or , if you insist , as you have the right , On spreading your wings for a loftier flight , The moral is , —Take care how you light .
I just have room for the MORAL here : And this is the moral , -- Stick to your sphere ; Or , if you insist , as you have the right , On spreading your wings for a loftier flight , The moral is , —Take care how you light .
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Eternal is our faith in thee : the sun Shall sooner fall from Heaven , than from our lives That faith ; and the great stars fade one by one , Ere fade that light in which thy people strives . Strong in the everlasting righteousness ...
Eternal is our faith in thee : the sun Shall sooner fall from Heaven , than from our lives That faith ; and the great stars fade one by one , Ere fade that light in which thy people strives . Strong in the everlasting righteousness ...
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There they stood in the failing light , These men of battle , with grave , dark looks , As plain to be read as open books , While slowly gathered the shades of night . The fern on the hill - sides was splashed with blood , And down in ...
There they stood in the failing light , These men of battle , with grave , dark looks , As plain to be read as open books , While slowly gathered the shades of night . The fern on the hill - sides was splashed with blood , And down in ...
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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