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Page 63
... shout beside the cottage door , And run to meet her night and morn . They are soonest with her in the woods , Peeping , the wither'd leaves among , To find the earliest fragrant thing That dares from the BOOK OF POETRY . 63 The Spring.
... shout beside the cottage door , And run to meet her night and morn . They are soonest with her in the woods , Peeping , the wither'd leaves among , To find the earliest fragrant thing That dares from the BOOK OF POETRY . 63 The Spring.
Page 68
... LEAF . A leaf on yonder aspen tree ; In every fickle breeze to play , Wildly , weakly , idly gay , So feebly framed , so lightly hung , By the wing of an insect stirr'd and swung ; Thrilling even to a redbreast's note , Drooping if only ...
... LEAF . A leaf on yonder aspen tree ; In every fickle breeze to play , Wildly , weakly , idly gay , So feebly framed , so lightly hung , By the wing of an insect stirr'd and swung ; Thrilling even to a redbreast's note , Drooping if only ...
Page 69
... leaves in their birth , but leaves in decay- Chide them not - heed them not - spirit away ! In to thyself , to thine own hidden shrine , What there dost thou worship ? What deem'st thou divine ? Thy hopes , are they steadfast , and holy ...
... leaves in their birth , but leaves in decay- Chide them not - heed them not - spirit away ! In to thyself , to thine own hidden shrine , What there dost thou worship ? What deem'st thou divine ? Thy hopes , are they steadfast , and holy ...
Page 70
Spirit , proud spirit , ponder thy state ; If thine the leaf's lightness , not thine the leaf's fate : It may flutter , and glisten , and wither , and die , And heed not our pity , and ask not our sigh ; But for thee , the immortal , no ...
Spirit , proud spirit , ponder thy state ; If thine the leaf's lightness , not thine the leaf's fate : It may flutter , and glisten , and wither , and die , And heed not our pity , and ask not our sigh ; But for thee , the immortal , no ...
Page 73
... leaf is sear , And withers sadly from the tree , And o'er the ruins of the year Cold Autumn weeps , remember me . Remember me , but choose not , dear , The hour when , on the gentle lake , The sportive wavelets , blue and clear , Soft ...
... leaf is sear , And withers sadly from the tree , And o'er the ruins of the year Cold Autumn weeps , remember me . Remember me , but choose not , dear , The hour when , on the gentle lake , The sportive wavelets , blue and clear , Soft ...
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