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... Fears of Parents WEBSTER . 291 FRANCIS . 293 Wilson . 299 Ibid . 303 142. Western Emigration . 143. The God of Universal Nature 146. Dignity and Excellence of the Poetical Art FRANCIS . 306 EVERETT . 315 Chalmers . 316 CHANNING . 324 ...
... Fears of Parents WEBSTER . 291 FRANCIS . 293 Wilson . 299 Ibid . 303 142. Western Emigration . 143. The God of Universal Nature 146. Dignity and Excellence of the Poetical Art FRANCIS . 306 EVERETT . 315 Chalmers . 316 CHANNING . 324 ...
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... fear The God ye never could offend ? Ye never knew The crimes for which we come to weep : Penance is not for you , Blessed wanderers of the upper deep . To you ' tis given To wake sweet nature's untaught lays ; Beneath the arch of ...
... fear The God ye never could offend ? Ye never knew The crimes for which we come to weep : Penance is not for you , Blessed wanderers of the upper deep . To you ' tis given To wake sweet nature's untaught lays ; Beneath the arch of ...
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... fear the thief , and tremble in the storm ; - To hosts , through carnage who to conquest wade ? Behold the victor vanquished by the worm ! Behold what deeds of wo the locusts can perform ! True dignity is his , whose tranquil mind ...
... fear the thief , and tremble in the storm ; - To hosts , through carnage who to conquest wade ? Behold the victor vanquished by the worm ! Behold what deeds of wo the locusts can perform ! True dignity is his , whose tranquil mind ...
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... fear I am not in my perfect mind . Methinks I should know you , and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful for I'm mainly ignorant What place this is ; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments ; nay , I know not Where I did ...
... fear I am not in my perfect mind . Methinks I should know you , and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful for I'm mainly ignorant What place this is ; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments ; nay , I know not Where I did ...
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... Fear and Sorrow , Strife and Storm , Told the dark secret - Sin ! Unaided and alone on earth , He bade the heavens give ear ; — But every star that sang his birth , Kept silence in its sphere : He saw , round Eden's distant steep ...
... Fear and Sorrow , Strife and Storm , Told the dark secret - Sin ! Unaided and alone on earth , He bade the heavens give ear ; — But every star that sang his birth , Kept silence in its sphere : He saw , round Eden's distant steep ...
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