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... glory , J. MONTGOMERY That our names may live through time In our country's story ; Happy , when her welfare calls , He who conquers , he who falls . Deeper , deeper , let us toil In the mines of knowledge , Nature's wealth , and ...
... glory , J. MONTGOMERY That our names may live through time In our country's story ; Happy , when her welfare calls , He who conquers , he who falls . Deeper , deeper , let us toil In the mines of knowledge , Nature's wealth , and ...
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... glory of Athens , The splendor of Rome ? Dissolved , and for ever , - Like dew in thy foam . But thou art almighty , - Eternal , sublime , - Unweakened , -unwasted , - Twin brother of Time ! Fleets , tempests , nor nations Thy glory can ...
... glory of Athens , The splendor of Rome ? Dissolved , and for ever , - Like dew in thy foam . But thou art almighty , - Eternal , sublime , - Unweakened , -unwasted , - Twin brother of Time ! Fleets , tempests , nor nations Thy glory can ...
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... glory done . It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock . His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen , When Kempenfelt went down , With twice four hundred men ...
... glory done . It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock . His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen , When Kempenfelt went down , With twice four hundred men ...
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... glory of living nature ; from the sides of the Switzer's moun- tains , from the capitals of various nations ; all of them saying in their hearts , we will wait for the September gales to have done with their equinoctial fury , and then ...
... glory of living nature ; from the sides of the Switzer's moun- tains , from the capitals of various nations ; all of them saying in their hearts , we will wait for the September gales to have done with their equinoctial fury , and then ...
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... glory , there is writ A standard measuring its worth for Heaven . The pathway to the grave may be the same , And the proud man shall tread it , and the low , With his bowed head , shall bear him company . Decay will make no difference ...
... glory , there is writ A standard measuring its worth for Heaven . The pathway to the grave may be the same , And the proud man shall tread it , and the low , With his bowed head , shall bear him company . Decay will make no difference ...
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