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... Washed with a cold gray mist , the vapory breath of the east - wind , Forest and meadow and hill , and the steel- blue rim of the ocean , Lying silent and sad , in the afternoon shadows and 12 THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH .
... Washed with a cold gray mist , the vapory breath of the east - wind , Forest and meadow and hill , and the steel- blue rim of the ocean , Lying silent and sad , in the afternoon shadows and 12 THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH .
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... ocean ! " Must I relinquish it all , " he cried with a wild lamentation , " Must I relinquish it all , the joy , the hope , the illusion ? Was it for this I have loved , and waited , and worshipped in silence ? Was it for this I have ...
... ocean ! " Must I relinquish it all , " he cried with a wild lamentation , " Must I relinquish it all , the joy , the hope , the illusion ? Was it for this I have loved , and waited , and worshipped in silence ? Was it for this I have ...
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... heart of the giver . " So through the Plymouth woods John Alden went on his errand ; Came to an open space , and saw the disk of the ocean , • Sailless , sombre and cold with the comfortless breath 30 THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH .
... heart of the giver . " So through the Plymouth woods John Alden went on his errand ; Came to an open space , and saw the disk of the ocean , • Sailless , sombre and cold with the comfortless breath 30 THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH .
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... ocean ! Lay thy cold , moist hand on my burning fore- head , and wrap me Close in thy garments of mist , to allay the fever within me ! " Like an awakened conscience , the sea was moaning and 44 THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH .
... ocean ! Lay thy cold , moist hand on my burning fore- head , and wrap me Close in thy garments of mist , to allay the fever within me ! " Like an awakened conscience , the sea was moaning and 44 THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH .
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... ocean , this dreary land will abandon , Her whom I may not love , and him whom my heart has offended . Better to be in my grave in the green old churchyard in England , Close by my mother's side , and among the dust of my kindred ...
... ocean , this dreary land will abandon , Her whom I may not love , and him whom my heart has offended . Better to be in my grave in the green old churchyard in England , Close by my mother's side , and among the dust of my kindred ...
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COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH Henry Wadsworth 1807-1882 Longfellow,Homer P. (Homer Pierce) 1849- Ed Lewis No preview available - 2016 |
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