The Literature of America: From the beginning to the civil warArthur Hobson Quinn, Albert Croll Baugh, Will David Howe Scribner, 1929 - American literature |
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Page 212
... smile , Seren'd , and lessen'd , every ill . Around , sustain'd , instructed , sway'd , Their little flock , as lambkins , play'd , With stripling sports , and smiling strife , Deceiv'd the thorny road of life ; Clasp'd the fond heart ...
... smile , Seren'd , and lessen'd , every ill . Around , sustain'd , instructed , sway'd , Their little flock , as lambkins , play'd , With stripling sports , and smiling strife , Deceiv'd the thorny road of life ; Clasp'd the fond heart ...
Page 304
... smile , that filled the house with light , " My errand is not Death , but Life , " he said ; X And ere I answered , passing out of sight , On his celestial embassy he sped . ' Twas at thy door , O friend ! and not at mine , The angel ...
... smile , that filled the house with light , " My errand is not Death , but Life , " he said ; X And ere I answered , passing out of sight , On his celestial embassy he sped . ' Twas at thy door , O friend ! and not at mine , The angel ...
Page 326
... smiles , and brow of pearl , Shadowed by many a careless curl Of unconfined and flowing hair ; A seeming child in everything , Save thoughtful brow and ripening charms , As Nature wears the smile of Spring When sinking into Summer's ...
... smiles , and brow of pearl , Shadowed by many a careless curl Of unconfined and flowing hair ; A seeming child in everything , Save thoughtful brow and ripening charms , As Nature wears the smile of Spring When sinking into Summer's ...
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