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... shed , Where now the sexton rests his hoary head . Oft , as he turned the greensward with his spade , He lectured every youth that round him played ; And , calmly pointing where our fathers lay , Roused us to rival each , the hero of ...
... shed , Where now the sexton rests his hoary head . Oft , as he turned the greensward with his spade , He lectured every youth that round him played ; And , calmly pointing where our fathers lay , Roused us to rival each , the hero of ...
Page 32
... shed , While each soft scene of summer - beauty fled , Long o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , Long watched the streaming signal from the mast ; Till twilight's dewy tints deceived his eye , And fairy - forests fringed the evening ...
... shed , While each soft scene of summer - beauty fled , Long o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , Long watched the streaming signal from the mast ; Till twilight's dewy tints deceived his eye , And fairy - forests fringed the evening ...
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... shed . When DIOCLETIAN'S self - corrected mind The imperial fasces of a world resigned , Say why we trace the labours of his spade In calm Salona's philosophic shade . Say , when contentious CHARLES renounced a throne , To muse with ...
... shed . When DIOCLETIAN'S self - corrected mind The imperial fasces of a world resigned , Say why we trace the labours of his spade In calm Salona's philosophic shade . Say , when contentious CHARLES renounced a throne , To muse with ...
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... shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic ...
... shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic ...
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... shed a deeper dye ; Save when a bright and momentary gleam Glanced from the white foam of some sheltered stream . O'er the still lake the bell of evening tolled , And on the moor the shepherd penned his fold ; And on the green hill's ...
... shed a deeper dye ; Save when a bright and momentary gleam Glanced from the white foam of some sheltered stream . O'er the still lake the bell of evening tolled , And on the moor the shepherd penned his fold ; And on the green hill's ...
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age to age ancient bids bless blest breathe bright called calm CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus Cortes courser dark dear delight dream Euripides father fear fled flowers fond gaze glory glows grave grove hail hand hear heart heaven Hence Herodotus Herrera Hist holy hope and fear hour human voice hung Icarius inspire light live look mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once Pausanias Petrarch pleasure rapture resigned rise round sacred sail sate says scene secret seraph shade shadow shed shine shore sigh silent sire sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring steals stood sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Twas UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb virtue voice Voyage wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings youth