American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... night The last drop into mine . NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS Hymn to the Night Ασπασίη , τρίλλιστος I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial ...
... night The last drop into mine . NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS Hymn to the Night Ασπασίη , τρίλλιστος I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial ...
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... Night , As of the one I love . I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight , The manifold , soft chimes , That fill the haunted chambers of the Night , Like some old poet's rhymes . From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit ...
... Night , As of the one I love . I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight , The manifold , soft chimes , That fill the haunted chambers of the Night , Like some old poet's rhymes . From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit ...
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... Night , 34 I came to a great door , 140 I found a dimpled spider , fat and white , 86 I have seen , O desolate one , the voice has its tower , I heard a fly buzz when I died , 66 I heard the trailing garments of the Night , 34 I like to ...
... Night , 34 I came to a great door , 140 I found a dimpled spider , fat and white , 86 I have seen , O desolate one , the voice has its tower , I heard a fly buzz when I died , 66 I heard the trailing garments of the Night , 34 I like to ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET 16121672 | 5 |
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 17671848 | 17 |
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