Poetry for School and Home, from the best authors. Edited by T. Shorter1861 |
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... throb of my heart , ere ' tis cold in the grave ; May'st thou yield me that grave in thine own daisied earth , And my ashes repose in the land of my birth ! ELIZA COOK , 18 THE FIRST SNOW - FALL . 14. THE FIRST c 3 17 ...
... throb of my heart , ere ' tis cold in the grave ; May'st thou yield me that grave in thine own daisied earth , And my ashes repose in the land of my birth ! ELIZA COOK , 18 THE FIRST SNOW - FALL . 14. THE FIRST c 3 17 ...
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Thomas SHORTER. 18 THE FIRST SNOW - FALL . 14. THE FIRST SNOW - FALL . THE snow had begun in the gloaming , And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white . Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ...
Thomas SHORTER. 18 THE FIRST SNOW - FALL . 14. THE FIRST SNOW - FALL . THE snow had begun in the gloaming , And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white . Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ...
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... snow , Flake by flake , healing and hiding The scar of that deep - stabbed woe . And again to the child I whispered , " The snow that husheth all , Darling , the merciful Father Alone can make it fall . " Then , with eyes that saw not ...
... snow , Flake by flake , healing and hiding The scar of that deep - stabbed woe . And again to the child I whispered , " The snow that husheth all , Darling , the merciful Father Alone can make it fall . " Then , with eyes that saw not ...
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... snow , And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser , rolling rapidly . But Linden saw another sight , When the drum beat , at dead of night , Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery . By torch and trumpet fast array'd ...
... snow , And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser , rolling rapidly . But Linden saw another sight , When the drum beat , at dead of night , Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery . By torch and trumpet fast array'd ...
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... snow shall be their winding - sheet , And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre ! CAMPBELL . 17. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL . ABOU BEN ADHEM ( may his tribe increase ) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace ...
... snow shall be their winding - sheet , And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre ! CAMPBELL . 17. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL . ABOU BEN ADHEM ( may his tribe increase ) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace ...
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