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I fear , I fear , —that this poor life is all ! Yet thus to pass away ! — To live but for a hope that mocks at last , — To agonize , to strive , to watch , to fast , To waste the light of day , Night's better beauty , feeling , fancy ...
I fear , I fear , —that this poor life is all ! Yet thus to pass away ! — To live but for a hope that mocks at last , — To agonize , to strive , to watch , to fast , To waste the light of day , Night's better beauty , feeling , fancy ...
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The moistened eye , the trembling lip , Are not the signs of doubt or fear . Sail forth into the sea of life , O gentle , loving , trusting wife , And safe from all adversity , Upon the bosom of that sea Thy comings and thy goings be !
The moistened eye , the trembling lip , Are not the signs of doubt or fear . Sail forth into the sea of life , O gentle , loving , trusting wife , And safe from all adversity , Upon the bosom of that sea Thy comings and thy goings be !
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I am young in trust , And fear , lest , in the earnestness of love , I stayed thy course too rudely . Thou hast borne My childish folly often , -do not frown If I have ventured with unmannered zeal To guard the ripe experience of years ...
I am young in trust , And fear , lest , in the earnestness of love , I stayed thy course too rudely . Thou hast borne My childish folly often , -do not frown If I have ventured with unmannered zeal To guard the ripe experience of years ...
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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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