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... beneath their paltry sway , - The irksome calls of every day . The restless sense of wasted power , The tiresome round of little things , Are hard to bear , as hour by hour Its tedious iteration brings ; Who shall evade or who delay The ...
... beneath their paltry sway , - The irksome calls of every day . The restless sense of wasted power , The tiresome round of little things , Are hard to bear , as hour by hour Its tedious iteration brings ; Who shall evade or who delay The ...
Page 109
... beneath thee man put forth His pomp , his pride , his skill ; And arts that made fire , flood , and earth , The vassals of the will ? — Yet mourn I not thy parted sway , Thou dim discrowned king of day ; For all these trophied arts ...
... beneath thee man put forth His pomp , his pride , his skill ; And arts that made fire , flood , and earth , The vassals of the will ? — Yet mourn I not thy parted sway , Thou dim discrowned king of day ; For all these trophied arts ...
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... beneath a graven stone , To plead for tears with alien eyes ; A slender cross of wood alone Shall say , that here a maiden lies , In peace beneath the peaceful skies . And gray old trees of hugest limb Shall wheel their circling shadows ...
... beneath a graven stone , To plead for tears with alien eyes ; A slender cross of wood alone Shall say , that here a maiden lies , In peace beneath the peaceful skies . And gray old trees of hugest limb Shall wheel their circling shadows ...
Contents
Gray | xxxviii |
Effort the Gauge of Greatness | xxxix |
As Slow our Ship | xl |
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