The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters, Volume 1John Keese S. Colman, 1841 - American poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 18
Page 88
... holy spot ! ' Tis the high place of Freedom's birth ! God of our fathers ! is it not The holiest spot of all the earth ? Quenched is thy flame on Horeb's side ; The robber roams o'er Sinai now ; And those old men , thy seers , abide No ...
... holy spot ! ' Tis the high place of Freedom's birth ! God of our fathers ! is it not The holiest spot of all the earth ? Quenched is thy flame on Horeb's side ; The robber roams o'er Sinai now ; And those old men , thy seers , abide No ...
Page 111
... holy man , They stood in all their youthful pride , And spoke those words , and vowed those vows Which bind the husband to his bride . All this it tells ; -the plighted troth , The gift of every earthly thing , The hand in hand , the ...
... holy man , They stood in all their youthful pride , And spoke those words , and vowed those vows Which bind the husband to his bride . All this it tells ; -the plighted troth , The gift of every earthly thing , The hand in hand , the ...
Page 168
... holy altar . Had . Nay , sweet . - Having enjoyed all pleasures here That Nature prompts , but chiefly blissful love , At death , the happy Syrian maiden deems Her immaterial flies into the fields , Or circumambient clouds , or crystal ...
... holy altar . Had . Nay , sweet . - Having enjoyed all pleasures here That Nature prompts , but chiefly blissful love , At death , the happy Syrian maiden deems Her immaterial flies into the fields , Or circumambient clouds , or crystal ...
Common terms and phrases
ALBERT PIKE autumn beams beautiful beneath bird blest bliss bloom blossoms boughs breast breath bright brow CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN chimes clouds dark deep dost doth dreams earth eternal FELICIA HEMANS flowers FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD friends gay woods gaze gentle GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE Give me armour gleam glorious glory golden air graceful band grave green HADAD hand hath hear heart heaven hills holy hour hues leaves life's light lingers lone look loveliness melody midnight mighty moon morning mountain mournful murmur NORTH BURIAL GROUND o'er pale passed rest rolled round shade shadows shine shore silent sing skies sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring stars storm stream sweet swells tears thee thine thou art thought throne tree URSA MAJOR vale voice WASHINGTON ALLSTON watch waves weary wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT winds wings woods youthful