A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best PoetsWilliam Cullen Bryant |
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... finger - tips ! Softly sinking , down he goes ! Down he goes ! down he goes ! See ! he's hushed in sweet repose . JOSIAH ... fingers ; straightening jerks ; Twining feet whose each toe works ; Kickings up and straining risings ; Mother's ...
... finger - tips ! Softly sinking , down he goes ! Down he goes ! down he goes ! See ! he's hushed in sweet repose . JOSIAH ... fingers ; straightening jerks ; Twining feet whose each toe works ; Kickings up and straining risings ; Mother's ...
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... fingers press And pat my stooping head , I cannot bear the gentleness , The tears are in their bed . Ah , first - born of thy mother , When life and hope were new ; Kind playmate of thy brother , Thy sister , father too ; My light ...
... fingers press And pat my stooping head , I cannot bear the gentleness , The tears are in their bed . Ah , first - born of thy mother , When life and hope were new ; Kind playmate of thy brother , Thy sister , father too ; My light ...
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... finger , Quick , as it skips along . Many an echo , Soft and low , Follows thy flying Fancy so , Melodies thrilling , Tenderly filling Thee with their trilling , Come and go ; Memory's finger , Quick as thine , Loving to linger On the ...
... finger , Quick , as it skips along . Many an echo , Soft and low , Follows thy flying Fancy so , Melodies thrilling , Tenderly filling Thee with their trilling , Come and go ; Memory's finger , Quick as thine , Loving to linger On the ...
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... finger To sound what stop she please : Give me that man That is not passion's slave , and I will wear him In my heart's core , ay , in my heart of heart , As I do thee . SHAKESPEARE . OLD MATTHEW A CONVERSATION . WE talked with open ...
... finger To sound what stop she please : Give me that man That is not passion's slave , and I will wear him In my heart's core , ay , in my heart of heart , As I do thee . SHAKESPEARE . OLD MATTHEW A CONVERSATION . WE talked with open ...
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... fingers with base bribes , And sell the mighty space of our large honors For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog , and bay the moon , Than such a Roman . CAS . Brutus , bay not me , I'll not endure it : you ...
... fingers with base bribes , And sell the mighty space of our large honors For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog , and bay the moon , Than such a Roman . CAS . Brutus , bay not me , I'll not endure it : you ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ALFRED TENNYSON beauty bells beneath bird blessed bosom brave breast breath bright brow cheek clouds cold dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eyes face fair fear flowers gentle gone grace grave green hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hill hour JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER king kiss lady land leaves light lips live look Lord moon morning mother ne'er never nevermore night o'er PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY praise rest ROBERT BURNS rose round shine shore sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stars stood sweet tears tell thee There's thine things THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou art thought tree voice wave weary weep wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings