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... Darkness 178. The Sword 179. Address to the Deity 180. God . 181. Scene from " The Vespers of Palermo " 182. Address to Light BRYANT . 354 Campbell . 360 Mrs. Hemans . 363 Milton . 365 Gray . 367 Knowles . 371 Pope . 381 Shakspeare ...
... Darkness 178. The Sword 179. Address to the Deity 180. God . 181. Scene from " The Vespers of Palermo " 182. Address to Light BRYANT . 354 Campbell . 360 Mrs. Hemans . 363 Milton . 365 Gray . 367 Knowles . 371 Pope . 381 Shakspeare ...
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... dark , As young , thy beauties seem , As when the eagle from the ark , First sported in thy beam . C For , faithful to its sacred page , Heaven still rebuilds thy span , Nor lets the type grow pale with age , That first spoke peace to ...
... dark , As young , thy beauties seem , As when the eagle from the ark , First sported in thy beam . C For , faithful to its sacred page , Heaven still rebuilds thy span , Nor lets the type grow pale with age , That first spoke peace to ...
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... dark heads to escape their children's dying groan . Sing to the Lord ! no more the dead are laid In cold despair beneath the cypress shade , To sleep the eternal sleep , that knows no morn : There , eager still to burst death's brazen ...
... dark heads to escape their children's dying groan . Sing to the Lord ! no more the dead are laid In cold despair beneath the cypress shade , To sleep the eternal sleep , that knows no morn : There , eager still to burst death's brazen ...
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... darkness of the evergreens was finely illumined by the brilliant yellow of the birch , the beech and the cherry , and ... dark was the gloom of evening , approximating to night . Over the whole , the azure of the sky cast a deep , misty ...
... darkness of the evergreens was finely illumined by the brilliant yellow of the birch , the beech and the cherry , and ... dark was the gloom of evening , approximating to night . Over the whole , the azure of the sky cast a deep , misty ...
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... dark - colored moss . As we passed onward , through this singular valley , occa- sional torrents , formed by the rains and dissolving snows , at the close of winter , had left behind them , in many places , perpetual monuments of their ...
... dark - colored moss . As we passed onward , through this singular valley , occa- sional torrents , formed by the rains and dissolving snows , at the close of winter , had left behind them , in many places , perpetual monuments of their ...
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