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Page 35
... Heaven ! Warrest thou with France , that thus thine elements Do fight against her sons ! Yet on they press , Stern , rigid , silent - every bosom steel'd ' By the strong might of its own misery Against all sympathy of kindred ties . The ...
... Heaven ! Warrest thou with France , that thus thine elements Do fight against her sons ! Yet on they press , Stern , rigid , silent - every bosom steel'd ' By the strong might of its own misery Against all sympathy of kindred ties . The ...
Page 36
... slender leaflet from the tree of peace , Borne , dove - like , o'er the waste and warring earth , Is better passport at the gate of Heaven . MRS . SIGOURNEY . TO A SLEEPING CHILD . ART thou a thing of 36 YOUNG LADY'S.
... slender leaflet from the tree of peace , Borne , dove - like , o'er the waste and warring earth , Is better passport at the gate of Heaven . MRS . SIGOURNEY . TO A SLEEPING CHILD . ART thou a thing of 36 YOUNG LADY'S.
Page 38
... Heaven , and Heaven's God adoring ! And who can tell what visions high May bless an infant's sleeping eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind , Ere sin destroy , or error dim , The glory of the ...
... Heaven , and Heaven's God adoring ! And who can tell what visions high May bless an infant's sleeping eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind , Ere sin destroy , or error dim , The glory of the ...
Page 40
... Heaven's bliss , and give the sign , To parting friends : -such death be mine ! MONTGOMERY . THE FROSTED TREES . WHAT strange enchantment meets my view , So wondrous bright and fair ? Has heaven pour'd out its silver dew On the ...
... Heaven's bliss , and give the sign , To parting friends : -such death be mine ! MONTGOMERY . THE FROSTED TREES . WHAT strange enchantment meets my view , So wondrous bright and fair ? Has heaven pour'd out its silver dew On the ...
Page 41
... heaven , Pure as the dazzling snow , Beaming as when to spirits given , Had come in its stealthy flow , From the sky at silent even , For the morning's glorious show . ANON . FIELD FLOWERS . YE field flowers ! the gardens eclipse you ...
... heaven , Pure as the dazzling snow , Beaming as when to spirits given , Had come in its stealthy flow , From the sky at silent even , For the morning's glorious show . ANON . FIELD FLOWERS . YE field flowers ! the gardens eclipse you ...
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