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Page 30
... wild and solemn appearance of every thing before us . The scale , on which all the objects in view were formed , was the scale of grandeur only . The rocks , rude and ragged in a manner rarely paralleled , were fashioned and piled by a ...
... wild and solemn appearance of every thing before us . The scale , on which all the objects in view were formed , was the scale of grandeur only . The rocks , rude and ragged in a manner rarely paralleled , were fashioned and piled by a ...
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... wild - rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow ; But on the hill the golden - rod , and the aster in the wood , And the yellow sun - flower by the brook , in autumn beauty stood , Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven ...
... wild - rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow ; But on the hill the golden - rod , and the aster in the wood , And the yellow sun - flower by the brook , in autumn beauty stood , Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven ...
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... wild and sad ? Ah ! ' twere a lot too blest Forever in thy colored shades to stray , Amidst the kisses of the soft south - west To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain , low strife That makes men mad - the tug for wealth and ...
... wild and sad ? Ah ! ' twere a lot too blest Forever in thy colored shades to stray , Amidst the kisses of the soft south - west To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain , low strife That makes men mad - the tug for wealth and ...
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... a pure and an unbidden homage . The display of wild and unregulated talents may sometimes , indeed , excite a temporary admiration ; but it is the admira- tion we pay to the useless glare of the meteor 50 YOUNG LADIES ' CLASS BOOK .
... a pure and an unbidden homage . The display of wild and unregulated talents may sometimes , indeed , excite a temporary admiration ; but it is the admira- tion we pay to the useless glare of the meteor 50 YOUNG LADIES ' CLASS BOOK .
Page 66
... wild vine had overrun one end with a profusion of foliage ; a few trees threw their branches gracefully over it ; and I observed several pots of flowers , tastefully disposed about the door , and on the grass- plot in front . A small ...
... wild vine had overrun one end with a profusion of foliage ; a few trees threw their branches gracefully over it ; and I observed several pots of flowers , tastefully disposed about the door , and on the grass- plot in front . A small ...
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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...