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Page 10
... shine ; Softly its murmured sorrows fail in sleep , But there is no one near to pity mine . Wan willows drooping to the water's edge , Are sad and ghostlike in the evening air ; Yet do they rest in peace - but ah ! for me , My peace is ...
... shine ; Softly its murmured sorrows fail in sleep , But there is no one near to pity mine . Wan willows drooping to the water's edge , Are sad and ghostlike in the evening air ; Yet do they rest in peace - but ah ! for me , My peace is ...
Page 18
... shine so brightly overhead , Seem gaps in heaven , through which its light is shed Upon the still earth , watching silently . I stand upon the margin of a year ; But when I try across its track to gaze , ' Tis even like this shadow ...
... shine so brightly overhead , Seem gaps in heaven , through which its light is shed Upon the still earth , watching silently . I stand upon the margin of a year ; But when I try across its track to gaze , ' Tis even like this shadow ...
Page 43
... vagueness a clear light doth shine , That the broad daylight never with it brings ; And when my willing soul doth sleep resign , My spirit to itself rejoicing sings . THE AUTUMN EVENING . THE setting glory of the autumn 43.
... vagueness a clear light doth shine , That the broad daylight never with it brings ; And when my willing soul doth sleep resign , My spirit to itself rejoicing sings . THE AUTUMN EVENING . THE setting glory of the autumn 43.
Page 75
... Shine like a milder sun above , With round her ever one bright ring- Like some bright home of peace and love- The light streamed down the dark old stair , And lighted up the dark old rail ; A lip that only moved in prayer , A forehead ...
... Shine like a milder sun above , With round her ever one bright ring- Like some bright home of peace and love- The light streamed down the dark old stair , And lighted up the dark old rail ; A lip that only moved in prayer , A forehead ...
Page 79
... Those eyes , which , through their sunny rain , Shine forth on me , to soothe and cheer . And vowed I not to look again ? - But such a vow must needs be vain , O love ! when thou art near . FIRELIGHT . You are very silent , Edith , dear 79.
... Those eyes , which , through their sunny rain , Shine forth on me , to soothe and cheer . And vowed I not to look again ? - But such a vow must needs be vain , O love ! when thou art near . FIRELIGHT . You are very silent , Edith , dear 79.
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