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Page 154
For the soul is dead that slumbers , And things are not what they seem . Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art , to dust returnest , " Was not spoken of the soul .
For the soul is dead that slumbers , And things are not what they seem . Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art , to dust returnest , " Was not spoken of the soul .
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NEW ENGLAND'S DEAD . ISAAC M'LELLAN , JR . " I shall enter into no encomium upon Massachusetts ; she needs none . There she is ; behold her , and judge for yourselves . - There is her history . The world knows it by heart . past ...
NEW ENGLAND'S DEAD . ISAAC M'LELLAN , JR . " I shall enter into no encomium upon Massachusetts ; she needs none . There she is ; behold her , and judge for yourselves . - There is her history . The world knows it by heart . past ...
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... with their banners of flame , On neighing steeds , through the sunset came , Or leaping from space appeared : No earthquake reeled : no Thunderer stormed : No fetterless dead o'er the bright sky swarmed : No voices in heaven were ...
... with their banners of flame , On neighing steeds , through the sunset came , Or leaping from space appeared : No earthquake reeled : no Thunderer stormed : No fetterless dead o'er the bright sky swarmed : No voices in heaven were ...
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| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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