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... fall to fall ; Mine the sand - rimmed pickerel pond , 60 Mine the walnut slopes beyond , Mine , on bending orchard trees , Apples of Hesperides ! Still , as my horizon grew , Larger grew my riches too ; All the world I saw or knew ...
... fall to fall ; Mine the sand - rimmed pickerel pond , 60 Mine the walnut slopes beyond , Mine , on bending orchard trees , Apples of Hesperides ! Still , as my horizon grew , Larger grew my riches too ; All the world I saw or knew ...
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... fall Against his broad and sturdy side , At once began to bawl : " Why , bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall ! " The second , feeling of the tusk Cried : " Ho ! what have we here , So very round , and smooth , and sharp ? To ...
... fall Against his broad and sturdy side , At once began to bawl : " Why , bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall ! " The second , feeling of the tusk Cried : " Ho ! what have we here , So very round , and smooth , and sharp ? To ...
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... fall , With a touch impartially tender , On the blossoms blooming for all : Under the sod and the dew , Waiting the judgment day ; - ' Broidered with gold , the Blue , Mellowed with gold , the Gray . So , when the summer calleth , On ...
... fall , With a touch impartially tender , On the blossoms blooming for all : Under the sod and the dew , Waiting the judgment day ; - ' Broidered with gold , the Blue , Mellowed with gold , the Gray . So , when the summer calleth , On ...
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... falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes across the lakes , And the wild cataract leaps in glory . Blow , bugle , blow , set the wild echoes flying , Blow , bugle ; answer , echoes , dying , dying ...
... falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes across the lakes , And the wild cataract leaps in glory . Blow , bugle , blow , set the wild echoes flying , Blow , bugle ; answer , echoes , dying , dying ...
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... fall dead . These very winds forget their way , 99 For God from these dread seas is gone , Now speak , brave Admiral , speak and say He said : " Sail on ! sail on ! and on ! " They sailed . They sailed . Then spake the mate : " This mad ...
... fall dead . These very winds forget their way , 99 For God from these dread seas is gone , Now speak , brave Admiral , speak and say He said : " Sail on ! sail on ! and on ! " They sailed . They sailed . Then spake the mate : " This mad ...
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Page 253 - But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark ! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Page 225 - WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 53 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped...
Page 225 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply has sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight. In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Page 3 - And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee, So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea.
Page 50 - Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!
Page 125 - And only the Master shall praise us. and only the Master shall blame: And no one shall work for money. and no one shall work for fame. But each for the joy of the working. and each. in his separate star. Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are!
Page 213 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 46 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main; The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming Lair.
Page 53 - WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.