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... thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong , As , darkly limned upon the crimson sky , Thy figure floats along . Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake , or 12 WHAT THE ...
... thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong , As , darkly limned upon the crimson sky , Thy figure floats along . Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake , or 12 WHAT THE ...
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Eliza Lee Cabot Follen. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake , or marge of river wide , Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along. WHAT THE ANIMALS DO ...
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake , or marge of river wide , Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along. WHAT THE ANIMALS DO ...
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... thou find a summer home , and rest , And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend , Soon , o'er thy sheltered nest . Thou'rt gone , the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up , thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou ...
... thou find a summer home , and rest , And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend , Soon , o'er thy sheltered nest . Thou'rt gone , the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up , thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou ...
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... thou art a partaker of our misfor- tune . But alas ! thy hope of being delivered by us is in vain . Thou wilt perceive our help- lessness when thou hast heard our story . " The owl begged him to relate it , and the caliph began , and ...
... thou art a partaker of our misfor- tune . But alas ! thy hope of being delivered by us is in vain . Thou wilt perceive our help- lessness when thou hast heard our story . " The owl begged him to relate it , and the caliph began , and ...
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... thou remain , ugly and despised even by the beasts , until thy death ; or until some one of his own accord shall desire to marry thee , even in this vile shape . Thus I revenge myself on thee and thy proud father . " Since then , many ...
... thou remain , ugly and despised even by the beasts , until thy death ; or until some one of his own accord shall desire to marry thee , even in this vile shape . Thus I revenge myself on thee and thy proud father . " Since then , many ...
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