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I HAD a dream , which was not all a dream.The bright sun was extinguished , and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space , Rayless , and pathless , and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air ; Morn came ...
I HAD a dream , which was not all a dream.The bright sun was extinguished , and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space , Rayless , and pathless , and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air ; Morn came ...
Page 273
Deep into that darkness peering , long I stood there wondering , fearing , Doubting , dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before ; But the silence was unbroken , and the darkness gave no token , And the only word there spoken ...
Deep into that darkness peering , long I stood there wondering , fearing , Doubting , dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before ; But the silence was unbroken , and the darkness gave no token , And the only word there spoken ...
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I would I were - for then the things I see Would be but a distempered dream . C. Hun . What is it That thou dost see , or think thou lookest upon ? Man . Myself and thee - a peasant of the AlpsThy humble virtues , hospitable home ...
I would I were - for then the things I see Would be but a distempered dream . C. Hun . What is it That thou dost see , or think thou lookest upon ? Man . Myself and thee - a peasant of the AlpsThy humble virtues , hospitable home ...
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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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