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... happy murmurs , running through the grass , Tell that thy footsteps pass . And the bright waters - they , too , hear thy call , Spring , the awakener ! thou hast burst their sleep ! Amidst the hollows of the rocks their fall Makes ...
... happy murmurs , running through the grass , Tell that thy footsteps pass . And the bright waters - they , too , hear thy call , Spring , the awakener ! thou hast burst their sleep ! Amidst the hollows of the rocks their fall Makes ...
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... happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven . Can all , that optics teach , unfold Thy form to please me so , As when I dreamed of gems and gold , Hid in thy radiant bow ? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil ...
... happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven . Can all , that optics teach , unfold Thy form to please me so , As when I dreamed of gems and gold , Hid in thy radiant bow ? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil ...
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... happy rising . Ah ! said I - or I dreamed that I said so this is the testimony of wounded hearts - the fond belief of that affec- tion , which remembers error and evil no longer ; but could the grave give up its dead - could they , who ...
... happy rising . Ah ! said I - or I dreamed that I said so this is the testimony of wounded hearts - the fond belief of that affec- tion , which remembers error and evil no longer ; but could the grave give up its dead - could they , who ...
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... happy heart , which now beats lightly in that bosom , will be weighed down , like mine , by the cares and miseries of the world . At length he came to me , one day , and related his whole situation in a tone of the deepest despair ...
... happy heart , which now beats lightly in that bosom , will be weighed down , like mine , by the cares and miseries of the world . At length he came to me , one day , and related his whole situation in a tone of the deepest despair ...
Page 63
... happy with Mary- " " I could be happy with her , " cried he , convulsively , " in a hovel ! -I could go down with her into poverty and the dust ! -I could - I could - God bless her ! -God bless her ! " cried he , bursting into a ...
... happy with Mary- " " I could be happy with her , " cried he , convulsively , " in a hovel ! -I could go down with her into poverty and the dust ! -I could - I could - God bless her ! -God bless her ! " cried he , bursting into a ...
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Andrew Waddell Argand lamp beams beauty beneath bless blue damsel bosom breath bright brow character charm child choly Christian clouds cold dark dear death deep delight earth eternal fade fair Fairbairn familiar chat father feel flowers forest Friendly Hall gathering band gentle give gloriously bright glory grave hand happy hath heart heaven hills hope hour human husband knowledge lady land of Goshen leaves LESSON light lips living look man-the melan midst mind moral morning mother mountains nature never night Northamptonshire o'er objects passed passion plagues of Egypt pleasure polished language praise prayer pride rocks round scene shade silence smile song soon soul spirit stars sweet taste tears tell thee things thou thought tion trees truth virtue voice ward circles waves wild winds wings woman young youth
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Page 219 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tost; And the heavy night hung dark...