American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... hours She has a voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty , and she glides Into his darker musings , with a mild And healing sympathy , that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware . When thoughts Of the last bitter hour ...
... hours She has a voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty , and she glides Into his darker musings , with a mild And healing sympathy , that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware . When thoughts Of the last bitter hour ...
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... hour When whirlwinds of rebellion shake all shores ? How will it be with kingdoms and with kings— With those who shaped him to the thing he is— When this dumb terror shall rise to judge the world , After the silence of the centuries ...
... hour When whirlwinds of rebellion shake all shores ? How will it be with kingdoms and with kings— With those who shaped him to the thing he is— When this dumb terror shall rise to judge the world , After the silence of the centuries ...
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... hour . The Lord , Who was the Future , died full long ago . Knowledge which is the Past is folly . Go , Poor child ... hours . Drinking their lips , catch thou the dream in flight About their fragile hairs ' aërial gold . Thou art divine ...
... hour . The Lord , Who was the Future , died full long ago . Knowledge which is the Past is folly . Go , Poor child ... hours . Drinking their lips , catch thou the dream in flight About their fragile hairs ' aërial gold . Thou art divine ...
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