The Young Ladies' Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose and Verse |
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Page 12
... Sweet voices in the woods , And reed - like echoes , that have long been mute ; Thou bringest back , to fill the solitudes , The lark's clear pipe , the cuckoo's viewless flute , Whose tone seems breathing mournfulness or glee , Even as ...
... Sweet voices in the woods , And reed - like echoes , that have long been mute ; Thou bringest back , to fill the solitudes , The lark's clear pipe , the cuckoo's viewless flute , Whose tone seems breathing mournfulness or glee , Even as ...
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... sweet nature's untaught lays ; Beneath the arch of heaven To chirp away a life of praise . Then spread each wing , Far , far above , o'er lakes and lands , And join the choirs that sing In yon blue dome not reared with hands . Or , if ...
... sweet nature's untaught lays ; Beneath the arch of heaven To chirp away a life of praise . Then spread each wing , Far , far above , o'er lakes and lands , And join the choirs that sing In yon blue dome not reared with hands . Or , if ...
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... sweet rose , that blooms , and charms her being's night ? She lives in her affections ; for the grave Has closed upon her husband , children ; all Her hopes are with the arm she trusts will save Her treasured jewels : though her views ...
... sweet rose , that blooms , and charms her being's night ? She lives in her affections ; for the grave Has closed upon her husband , children ; all Her hopes are with the arm she trusts will save Her treasured jewels : though her views ...
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... sweet , and her eye benignant ; because her heart is meek and kind . From the combination of these virtues arises that general effect , which is denominated loveliness , -a quality which renders her the object of the complacence of all ...
... sweet , and her eye benignant ; because her heart is meek and kind . From the combination of these virtues arises that general effect , which is denominated loveliness , -a quality which renders her the object of the complacence of all ...
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... sweet south - west , at play , Flies , rustling , where the painted leaves are strown Along the winding way . And far in heaven , the while , The sun , that sends that gale to wander here , Pours out on the fair earth his quiet smile ...
... sweet south - west , at play , Flies , rustling , where the painted leaves are strown Along the winding way . And far in heaven , the while , The sun , that sends that gale to wander here , Pours out on the fair earth his quiet smile ...
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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...