Of Discovery & Destiny: An Anthology of American Writers and the American LandRobert C. Baron, Elizabeth Darby Junkin An anthology of poetry, short stores, and excerpts from longer works about the American experience of the land and nature by a variety of American authors past and present. |
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Page 306
... give it to the wife and children , or to some one of them , or to the legatee of the deceased . So they may give it to its credi- tor . But the child , the legatee or creditor , takes it , not by natural right , but by a law of the ...
... give it to the wife and children , or to some one of them , or to the legatee of the deceased . So they may give it to its credi- tor . But the child , the legatee or creditor , takes it , not by natural right , but by a law of the ...
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... Give up the Buffalo for the Sheep " was born upon the prairie , where the wind blew free , and there was nothing to break the light of the sun . I was born where there were no enclos- ures , and where everything drew a free breath . I ...
... Give up the Buffalo for the Sheep " was born upon the prairie , where the wind blew free , and there was nothing to break the light of the sun . I was born where there were no enclos- ures , and where everything drew a free breath . I ...
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... give us pleasure in the flowers today ; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest ; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year . Oh , give us pleasure in the orchard white , Like nothing else by day , like ...
... give us pleasure in the flowers today ; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest ; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year . Oh , give us pleasure in the orchard white , Like nothing else by day , like ...
Contents
John and Mildred Teal Life and Death of the Salt Marsh | 14 |
Hal Borland High Wide and Lonesome | 30 |
William W Warner Beautiful Swimmers | 48 |
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