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... bosom , in sorrow depart , " Look aloft " from the darkness and dust of the tomb , To that soil where affection is ever in bloom . And oh when death comes in his terrors , to cast His fears on the future , his pall on the past , In that ...
... bosom , in sorrow depart , " Look aloft " from the darkness and dust of the tomb , To that soil where affection is ever in bloom . And oh when death comes in his terrors , to cast His fears on the future , his pall on the past , In that ...
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... bosom eloquent ; — But when the silence and the calm come on , And the high seal of character is set , We shall not all be similar . The flow Of lifetime is a graduated scale , And deeper than the vanities of power , Or the vain pomp of ...
... bosom eloquent ; — But when the silence and the calm come on , And the high seal of character is set , We shall not all be similar . The flow Of lifetime is a graduated scale , And deeper than the vanities of power , Or the vain pomp of ...
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... bosom that had nurtured him , With a low , stifled sob . And thus they took Their awful pathway to eternity . One ripple on the mighty river's brink , Just when it , shuddering , makes its own dread plunge , And at the foot of this most ...
... bosom that had nurtured him , With a low , stifled sob . And thus they took Their awful pathway to eternity . One ripple on the mighty river's brink , Just when it , shuddering , makes its own dread plunge , And at the foot of this most ...
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... bosoms round - Inhale thee in the fullness of delight ; And languid forms rise up , and pulses bound Livelier , at coming of the wind of night ; And , languishing to hear thy grateful sound , Lies the vast inland stretched beyond the ...
... bosoms round - Inhale thee in the fullness of delight ; And languid forms rise up , and pulses bound Livelier , at coming of the wind of night ; And , languishing to hear thy grateful sound , Lies the vast inland stretched beyond the ...
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... bosom a budding bouquet , And as she enjoyed it , she seemed to say , " Passing away ! passing away ! " O , how bright were the wheels , that told Of the lapse of time , as they moved round slow ! And the hands , as they swept o'er the ...
... bosom a budding bouquet , And as she enjoyed it , she seemed to say , " Passing away ! passing away ! " O , how bright were the wheels , that told Of the lapse of time , as they moved round slow ! And the hands , as they swept o'er the ...
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