The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 |
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Page 2216
... hill slope of San Juan , By the unforgotten names of eager boys Who might have tasted girls ' love and been stung With the old mystic joys And starry griefs , now the spring nights come on , But that the heart of youth is generous ...
... hill slope of San Juan , By the unforgotten names of eager boys Who might have tasted girls ' love and been stung With the old mystic joys And starry griefs , now the spring nights come on , But that the heart of youth is generous ...
Page 2222
... hill to hill , from creek to creek , Potomac calls to Chesapeake , Maryland , my Maryland ! ' Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll , Maryland ! Thou wilt not crook to his control , Maryland ! Better the fire upon thee roll , Better the ...
... hill to hill , from creek to creek , Potomac calls to Chesapeake , Maryland , my Maryland ! ' Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll , Maryland ! Thou wilt not crook to his control , Maryland ! Better the fire upon thee roll , Better the ...
Page 2230
... hill . Wilfrid Scawen Blunt [ 1840- MOTHER ENGLAND I THERE was a rover from a western shore , England ! whose eyes the sudden tears did drown , Beholding the white cliff and sunny down Of thy good realm , beyond the sea's uproar . I ...
... hill . Wilfrid Scawen Blunt [ 1840- MOTHER ENGLAND I THERE was a rover from a western shore , England ! whose eyes the sudden tears did drown , Beholding the white cliff and sunny down Of thy good realm , beyond the sea's uproar . I ...
Page 2251
... hills , Oh , I could kneel all night in prayer , To heal your many ills ! And one beamy smile from you Would float like ... hill and wood , And gun - peal and slogan - cry Wake many a glen serene , Ere you shall fade , ere you shall die ...
... hills , Oh , I could kneel all night in prayer , To heal your many ills ! And one beamy smile from you Would float like ... hill and wood , And gun - peal and slogan - cry Wake many a glen serene , Ere you shall fade , ere you shall die ...
Page 2252
... hill . But the day - star attracted his eye's sad devotion , For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean , Where once , in the fire of his youthful emotion , He sang the bold anthem of Erin go bragh . Sad is my fate ! said the ...
... hill . But the day - star attracted his eye's sad devotion , For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean , Where once , in the fire of his youthful emotion , He sang the bold anthem of Erin go bragh . Sad is my fate ! said the ...
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