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... rose ; And , striving to be man , the worm Mounts through all the spires of form . RALPH WALDO EMERSON To Giulia Grisi When the rose is brightest , Its bloom will soonest die ; When burns the meteor brightest , " T will vanish from the ...
... rose ; And , striving to be man , the worm Mounts through all the spires of form . RALPH WALDO EMERSON To Giulia Grisi When the rose is brightest , Its bloom will soonest die ; When burns the meteor brightest , " T will vanish from the ...
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... rose up again ; Rose but to lurch and fall , Hard , on the gritty sill , I lay ; I languished there . When I raised myself once more , The great round eyes had gone . The long lush grass lay still ; And I wept there , alone . THEODORE ...
... rose up again ; Rose but to lurch and fall , Hard , on the gritty sill , I lay ; I languished there . When I raised myself once more , The great round eyes had gone . The long lush grass lay still ; And I wept there , alone . THEODORE ...
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Elder Olson. But just as roses , and at three o'clock Their essences , inseparably bouqueted , Seemed more than Christ's last breath , and rose to mock An elderly man for whom the Sisters prayed . What heart can know itself ? The Sibyl ...
Elder Olson. But just as roses , and at three o'clock Their essences , inseparably bouqueted , Seemed more than Christ's last breath , and rose to mock An elderly man for whom the Sisters prayed . What heart can know itself ? The Sibyl ...
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