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... falling off her person and clothes as she walks by , The father , strong , self - sufficient , manly , mean , anger'd , unjust , The blow , the quick loud word , the tight bargain , the crafty lure , The family usages , the language ...
... falling off her person and clothes as she walks by , The father , strong , self - sufficient , manly , mean , anger'd , unjust , The blow , the quick loud word , the tight bargain , the crafty lure , The family usages , the language ...
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... falling fast , As through an Alpine village passed A youth , who bore , ' mid snow and ice , A banner with the strange device , Excelsior ! 5 His brow was sad ; his eye beneath , Flashed like a falchion from its sheath , And like a ...
... falling fast , As through an Alpine village passed A youth , who bore , ' mid snow and ice , A banner with the strange device , Excelsior ! 5 His brow was sad ; his eye beneath , Flashed like a falchion from its sheath , And like a ...
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... falling , flooding the night , Sadly sinking and fainting , as warning and warning , and yet again bursting with joy , Covering the earth and filling the spread of the heaven , As that powerful psalm in the night I heard from recesses ...
... falling , flooding the night , Sadly sinking and fainting , as warning and warning , and yet again bursting with joy , Covering the earth and filling the spread of the heaven , As that powerful psalm in the night I heard from recesses ...
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ancient beauty become begin bird blood body breath called child close cloud cold context dark dead death dream drop earth effect example experience eyes face falling father fear feel feet final flowers foot give hands head hear heard heart heaven hold human idea important king land language leaves light live look man's meaning metaphor mind morning mother move Nature never night Note object once passed past perhaps person poem poet poetic poetry reader RESPONSE rest rhyme rhythm rise rose round seems seen sense ship sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speak spirit stanza star sweet syllables symbol tell thee things thou thought trees turn voice walk wind youth