American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom , And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year ... rests upon his chin Like a staff , And a crook is in his back , And a melancholy crack In his laugh . I know it is a ...
... rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom , And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year ... rests upon his chin Like a staff , And a crook is in his back , And a melancholy crack In his laugh . I know it is a ...
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... rest , Near the old court - house pacing up and down , Or by his homestead , or in shadowed yards He lingers where his children used to play , Or through the market , on the well - worn stones He stalks until the dawn - stars burn away ...
... rest , Near the old court - house pacing up and down , Or by his homestead , or in shadowed yards He lingers where his children used to play , Or through the market , on the well - worn stones He stalks until the dawn - stars burn away ...
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... rest , the many wives who lead hens ' lives of being courted and despised ; deep from raw throats a senseless order floats all over town . A rooster gloats over our beds from rusty iron sheds and fences made from old bedsteads , over ...
... rest , the many wives who lead hens ' lives of being courted and despised ; deep from raw throats a senseless order floats all over town . A rooster gloats over our beds from rusty iron sheds and fences made from old bedsteads , over ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET 16121672 | 5 |
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 17671848 | 17 |
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