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Page 74
... rising sun Look'd o'er the tide - worn steep . A bark from India's coral strand , Before the rushing blast , Had vail'd her topsails to the sand , And bow'd her noble mast . The queenly ship ! brave hearts had striven , And true ones ...
... rising sun Look'd o'er the tide - worn steep . A bark from India's coral strand , Before the rushing blast , Had vail'd her topsails to the sand , And bow'd her noble mast . The queenly ship ! brave hearts had striven , And true ones ...
Page 78
... rise , And make thee a bride , my gentle Ellen : - Yet closer , closer round me cling , Though another claim thy love to - morrow , None , none are here to reprove the tear , That flows to - day for a father's sorrow . Come , gaze on me ...
... rise , And make thee a bride , my gentle Ellen : - Yet closer , closer round me cling , Though another claim thy love to - morrow , None , none are here to reprove the tear , That flows to - day for a father's sorrow . Come , gaze on me ...
Page 85
... rise up , and pulses bound Livelier , at coming of the wind of night ; And , languishing to hear thy grateful sound , Lies the vast inland stretch'd beyond the sight . Go forth into the gathering shade ; go forth , God's blessing ...
... rise up , and pulses bound Livelier , at coming of the wind of night ; And , languishing to hear thy grateful sound , Lies the vast inland stretch'd beyond the sight . Go forth into the gathering shade ; go forth , God's blessing ...
Page 91
... exquisite , That sweet tears rise at thought of it and thee ; And I repeat , beneath the morning's light , The mother's lingering gaze , and long good night ! Yea , even thy shadow , as it slanting falls BOOK OF POETRY . 91 To my Child.
... exquisite , That sweet tears rise at thought of it and thee ; And I repeat , beneath the morning's light , The mother's lingering gaze , and long good night ! Yea , even thy shadow , as it slanting falls BOOK OF POETRY . 91 To my Child.
Page 99
... frauds shall fail ; Returning Justice.lift aloft her scale : Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend , And white - robed Innocence from Heaven descend . 16097 Swift fly the years , and rise the expected morn BOOK OF POETRY . 99 Messiah.
... frauds shall fail ; Returning Justice.lift aloft her scale : Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend , And white - robed Innocence from Heaven descend . 16097 Swift fly the years , and rise the expected morn BOOK OF POETRY . 99 Messiah.
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