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... earth was fading to a speck . The steerage passengers have all been taken down below , And round the stove they warm their limbs into a drowsy glow ; And soon within their berths forget the icy wind and snow . Now morning dawns : the ...
... earth was fading to a speck . The steerage passengers have all been taken down below , And round the stove they warm their limbs into a drowsy glow ; And soon within their berths forget the icy wind and snow . Now morning dawns : the ...
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... earth were drowned , Because of disobedience . Nought she spied Save wide , dark waters , and a frowning sky , Nor found her weary foot a place of rest . So , with a leaf of olive in her mouth , Sole fruit of her drear voyage , which ...
... earth were drowned , Because of disobedience . Nought she spied Save wide , dark waters , and a frowning sky , Nor found her weary foot a place of rest . So , with a leaf of olive in her mouth , Sole fruit of her drear voyage , which ...
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... earth ; The world brought in the new year On a tide of mirth . But for lost little Willie Not a tear we crave ; Cold and hunger cannot wake him In his workhouse grave . We thought him beautiful , Felt it hard to part ; We loved him ...
... earth ; The world brought in the new year On a tide of mirth . But for lost little Willie Not a tear we crave ; Cold and hunger cannot wake him In his workhouse grave . We thought him beautiful , Felt it hard to part ; We loved him ...
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... earth ? " - " My child , it is said that yon stars in the sky Are worlds that are fashioned like this , Where the souls of the good and the gentle , who die , Assemble together in bliss ; And the rays that they shed o'er the earth is ...
... earth ? " - " My child , it is said that yon stars in the sky Are worlds that are fashioned like this , Where the souls of the good and the gentle , who die , Assemble together in bliss ; And the rays that they shed o'er the earth is ...
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... earth ! The children of men arise , and pass Out of the world like blades of grass ; And many a foot on me has trod That's gone from sight and under the sod ! I am a Pebble ! but who art thou , Rattling along from the restless bough ...
... earth ! The children of men arise , and pass Out of the world like blades of grass ; And many a foot on me has trod That's gone from sight and under the sod ! I am a Pebble ! but who art thou , Rattling along from the restless bough ...
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Page 79 - THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior! His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 84 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 83 - Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 139 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 81 - I Remember I remember, I remember, The house where I was born ; The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day ; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away...
Page 80 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Page 141 - Percy present word He would prevent his sport. The English Earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Page 173 - ... sounding ; Caught up to meet Him in the skies, With joy their Lord surrounding ; No gloomy fears their souls dismay ; His presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet Him.
Page 66 - But still, as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men — Their trampling sounded nearer. ' O haste thee, haste ! ' the lady cries, ' Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Page 83 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.