The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters, Volume 1John Keese S. Colman, 1841 - American poetry |
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... light of virtue rested there , and shed New lustre on the light that ever came Through her transparent features , and revealed Each movement of the soul that swelled within : And they were all of Heaven - such high desires As angels had ...
... light of virtue rested there , and shed New lustre on the light that ever came Through her transparent features , and revealed Each movement of the soul that swelled within : And they were all of Heaven - such high desires As angels had ...
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... light from God's near throne of love ? Open your lips , ye wonderful and fair ! Speak , speak ! the mysteries of those living worlds Unfold ! No language ? Everlasting light , And everlasting silence ? -Yet the eye May read and ...
... light from God's near throne of love ? Open your lips , ye wonderful and fair ! Speak , speak ! the mysteries of those living worlds Unfold ! No language ? Everlasting light , And everlasting silence ? -Yet the eye May read and ...
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... light pledge and true - I will answer the rest ! Give me armour of proof ! -shall the cry be in vain , When to life's sternest conflicts we rush forth amain ? The knight clad in armour the battle may bide ; But wo to the heedless when ...
... light pledge and true - I will answer the rest ! Give me armour of proof ! -shall the cry be in vain , When to life's sternest conflicts we rush forth amain ? The knight clad in armour the battle may bide ; But wo to the heedless when ...
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