American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... wings ; I am the doubter and the doubt , And I the hymn the Brahmin sings . The strong gods pine for my abode , And pine in vain the sacred Seven ; But thou , meek lover of the good ! Find me , and turn thy back on heaven . RALPH WALDO ...
... wings ; I am the doubter and the doubt , And I the hymn the Brahmin sings . The strong gods pine for my abode , And pine in vain the sacred Seven ; But thou , meek lover of the good ! Find me , and turn thy back on heaven . RALPH WALDO ...
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... wings ; and proudly caroling , He brushed the lilies , made the roses swing , And trod the land a smiling conqueror . With autumn's fruitages ripened at his feet , He pauses now . Is this the end of all- The consummation , boundless and ...
... wings ; and proudly caroling , He brushed the lilies , made the roses swing , And trod the land a smiling conqueror . With autumn's fruitages ripened at his feet , He pauses now . Is this the end of all- The consummation , boundless and ...
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... wings Seem things in some procession of the dead , Winding across wide water , without sound . The day is like wide water , without sound , Stilled for the passing of her dreaming feet Over the seas , to silent Palestine , Dominion of ...
... wings Seem things in some procession of the dead , Winding across wide water , without sound . The day is like wide water , without sound , Stilled for the passing of her dreaming feet Over the seas , to silent Palestine , Dominion of ...
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Introduction | 1 |
from Contemplations | 11 |
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 17671848 | 17 |
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