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Page 102
Tis sweet , to remember ! When storms are abroad , We see in the rainbow , the promise of God : The day may be darkened , but far in the West , In vermilion and gold , sinks the sun to his rest ; With smiles like the morning he passeth ...
Tis sweet , to remember ! When storms are abroad , We see in the rainbow , the promise of God : The day may be darkened , but far in the West , In vermilion and gold , sinks the sun to his rest ; With smiles like the morning he passeth ...
Page 202
How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill , Like a rich harp - string , yearning to caress thee , And hear thy sweet my father ! ' from these dumb And cold lips , Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee . I shall hear the gush Of music ...
How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill , Like a rich harp - string , yearning to caress thee , And hear thy sweet my father ! ' from these dumb And cold lips , Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee . I shall hear the gush Of music ...
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Yet , like some sweet , beguiling melody , So sweet , we know not we are listening to it , Thou , the meanwhile , wast blending with my thought , — Yea , with my life , and life's own secret joy , — Till the dilating soul , enrapt ...
Yet , like some sweet , beguiling melody , So sweet , we know not we are listening to it , Thou , the meanwhile , wast blending with my thought , — Yea , with my life , and life's own secret joy , — Till the dilating soul , enrapt ...
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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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