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" Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. I fill... "
The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth Century - Page 23
by Lyre - 1830 - 360 pages
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The North American Review, Volume 21

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1825 - 504 pages
...her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's but hers. I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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The London Magazine, Volume 4

1826 - 622 pages
...her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's but hers. I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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The New-York Review, and Atheneum Magazine, Volume 2

American periodicals - 1826 - 506 pages
...her so very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh will not be life's but hers. " I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon; Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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Kettell, Samuel: Specimens of American Poetry...

1829 - 436 pages
...mine of her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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Flora's Interpreter, Or The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1832 - 244 pages
...Cnstata. en Of various colors. MY COMPLIMENTS. The various Iris Juno sends with haste. Ovid. SENTIMENT. To whom the better elements and kindly stars have...that like the air 'tis less of earth than heaven. Affections are as thoughts to her, the measure of her hours, Her feelings have the fragrancy, . the...
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The Laurel: a Gift for All Seasons: Being a Collection of Poems

American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...mine of her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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Flora's Dictionary

Elizabeth Washington Wirt - Flower language - 1837 - 264 pages
...made up of loveliness — TEBESTtNG. A woiimn of her gentle sex, the seeming paragon ; To whom the elements, and kindly stars have given A form so fair,...that like the air, 'tis less of earth than heaven EC Pinckney. Hers ls the enchantment which the heart confers ; A mouth sweet from its smiles, a glancing...
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Flora's Interpreter, Or, The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1838 - 282 pages
...Europe, and Xorth MY COMPLIMESTS. The various Iris Juno sends with baste. SENTIMENT. I send this flower to one made up Of loveliness alone; A woman of her...stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'T is less of earth than heaven. Affections are as thoughts to her, The measure of her hours ; Her...
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Mercedes of Castile, Or, The Voyage to Cathay, Volumes 1-2

James Fenimore Cooper - 1840 - 556 pages
...THE VOYAGE TO CATHAY BY THE AUTHOR OP "THE BEAVO," "THE HEADSMAN," "THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS," Ice. I fill this cup, to one made up of loveliness alone...seeming paragon To whom the better elements and kindly stare have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 't is lea of earth than heaven. PINENET. IN TWO...
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The Poets of America, Volume 1

John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 300 pages
...mine of her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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