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Page 69
... thine , More , and darker and sadder to see , Than befall the leaves of yonder tree ! What if they flutter - their life is a dance ; Or toy with the sunbeam - they live in his glance ; To bird , breeze , and insect rustle and thrill ...
... thine , More , and darker and sadder to see , Than befall the leaves of yonder tree ! What if they flutter - their life is a dance ; Or toy with the sunbeam - they live in his glance ; To bird , breeze , and insect rustle and thrill ...
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 72
... thine eye , thine angel smile , For many years I may not see ; But wilt thou not sometimes the while , My sister dear , remember me ? But not in Fashion's brilliant hall , Surrounded by the gay and fair , And thou the fairest of them ...
... thine eye , thine angel smile , For many years I may not see ; But wilt thou not sometimes the while , My sister dear , remember me ? But not in Fashion's brilliant hall , Surrounded by the gay and fair , And thou the fairest of them ...
Page 73
... thine To echo what the stranger says . They know us not - but shouldst thou meet Some faithful friend of me and thee , Softly , sometimes , to him repeat My name , and then remember me . Remember me - not , I entreat , In scenes of ...
... thine To echo what the stranger says . They know us not - but shouldst thou meet Some faithful friend of me and thee , Softly , sometimes , to him repeat My name , and then remember me . Remember me - not , I entreat , In scenes of ...
Page 78
... thine earliest friend , And think in prayer of his aged pillow . For my head is white with winter snow , No earthly sun away may carry , Until I come to my waiting home , The last home where the aged tarry . Then lean once more upon my ...
... thine earliest friend , And think in prayer of his aged pillow . For my head is white with winter snow , No earthly sun away may carry , Until I come to my waiting home , The last home where the aged tarry . Then lean once more upon my ...
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