Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... Bell Is beginning to toll . From the spirits on earth that adore , From the souls that entreat and implore In the fervor and passion of prayer . Like a ring of fire around him Blazed and flared the red horizon . I lift mine eyes , and ...
... Bell Is beginning to toll . From the spirits on earth that adore , From the souls that entreat and implore In the fervor and passion of prayer . Like a ring of fire around him Blazed and flared the red horizon . I lift mine eyes , and ...
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... bells , beads , and copper ; for they thought him as well of all occupations as themselves . For the King himselfe will make his owne robes , shooes , bowes , arrowes , pots ; plant , hunt , or doe anything so well as the rest . They ...
... bells , beads , and copper ; for they thought him as well of all occupations as themselves . For the King himselfe will make his owne robes , shooes , bowes , arrowes , pots ; plant , hunt , or doe anything so well as the rest . They ...
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... Bells , " " Ulalume , " " The Conquering Worm , " " Annabel Lee , " " Israfel , " and indeed in most of his lyrics , Poe displays a mastery of sound , and a power of expressing feelings of despair , regret , and a wild sort of ...
... Bells , " " Ulalume , " " The Conquering Worm , " " Annabel Lee , " " Israfel , " and indeed in most of his lyrics , Poe displays a mastery of sound , and a power of expressing feelings of despair , regret , and a wild sort of ...
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... Bells " have probably been committed to memory and recited more frequently than any other American poems , and this is because of certain very high qualities of excellence . The refrain , which is a prominent characteristic of both , is ...
... Bells " have probably been committed to memory and recited more frequently than any other American poems , and this is because of certain very high qualities of excellence . The refrain , which is a prominent characteristic of both , is ...
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... BELLS I 5 ΙΟ 15 20 5 25 30 Hear the sledges with the bells , Silver bells ! ― What a world of merriment their melody foretells ! How they tinkle , tinkle , tinkle , In the icy air ... bells , bells , bells , bells 1850 ] 119 Bryant and Poe.
... BELLS I 5 ΙΟ 15 20 5 25 30 Hear the sledges with the bells , Silver bells ! ― What a world of merriment their melody foretells ! How they tinkle , tinkle , tinkle , In the icy air ... bells , bells , bells , bells 1850 ] 119 Bryant and Poe.
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