Poetry for School and Home, from the best authors. Edited by T. Shorter1861 |
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... tears . Eloquent the children's faces- Poverty's lean look , which saith , Save us ! save us ! woe surrounds us ; Little knowledge sore confounds us ; Life is but a lingering death ! Give us light amid our darkness ; Let us know the ...
... tears . Eloquent the children's faces- Poverty's lean look , which saith , Save us ! save us ! woe surrounds us ; Little knowledge sore confounds us ; Life is but a lingering death ! Give us light amid our darkness ; Let us know the ...
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... tears a kiss , Saying , " William , when you read in this , You'll often think of me . " To comfort her at home were left Two daughters and a son : She loved them much , but often thought About her sailor one . Sometimes she said ...
... tears a kiss , Saying , " William , when you read in this , You'll often think of me . " To comfort her at home were left Two daughters and a son : She loved them much , but often thought About her sailor one . Sometimes she said ...
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... tear , " Why , William , this Is the Bible I gave you with my kiss When first you went to sea . " Soon William stood by his mother's grave , His tears as salt as any wave , His breast heaved like the sea ; And the years of voyage he had ...
... tear , " Why , William , this Is the Bible I gave you with my kiss When first you went to sea . " Soon William stood by his mother's grave , His tears as salt as any wave , His breast heaved like the sea ; And the years of voyage he had ...
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... tear ; The upward glancing of an eye , When none but God is near . Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high . Prayer is the Christian's vital breath ...
... tear ; The upward glancing of an eye , When none but God is near . Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high . Prayer is the Christian's vital breath ...
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... Knocking at the castle gates . Till at length the lays they chaunted Reached the chamber , terror - haunted , Where the monk , with accents holy , Whispered at the baron's ear . THE NORMAN BARON . Tears upon his eyelids glistened ,
... Knocking at the castle gates . Till at length the lays they chaunted Reached the chamber , terror - haunted , Where the monk , with accents holy , Whispered at the baron's ear . THE NORMAN BARON . Tears upon his eyelids glistened ,
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