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Page 57
... banner with the strange device , Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath ; And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue , Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of ...
... banner with the strange device , Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath ; And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue , Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of ...
Page 58
... banner with the strange device , Excelsior ! There , in the twilight cold and gray , Lifeless , but beautiful he lay ; And from the sky , serene and far , A voice fell , like a falling star , Excelsior ! Ex . IV . - LOOK ALOFT . J ...
... banner with the strange device , Excelsior ! There , in the twilight cold and gray , Lifeless , but beautiful he lay ; And from the sky , serene and far , A voice fell , like a falling star , Excelsior ! Ex . IV . - LOOK ALOFT . J ...
Page 63
... banners , Are buried in thee ! What are the riches Of Mexico's mines , To the wealth that far down In thy deep waters shines ? The proud navies that cover The conquering west- Thou fling'st them to death , With one heave of thy breast ...
... banners , Are buried in thee ! What are the riches Of Mexico's mines , To the wealth that far down In thy deep waters shines ? The proud navies that cover The conquering west- Thou fling'st them to death , With one heave of thy breast ...
Page 98
... banners in the sky . There came a burst of thunder sound ; — The boy - oh ! where was he ? Ask of the winds , that far around With fragments strewed the sea , - With mast and helm , and pennon fair , That well had borne their part ; But ...
... banners in the sky . There came a burst of thunder sound ; — The boy - oh ! where was he ? Ask of the winds , that far around With fragments strewed the sea , - With mast and helm , and pennon fair , That well had borne their part ; But ...
Page 114
... banners fling , And the tempest clouds are driven . Thy throne is on the mountain top ; Thy fields - the boundless air ; And hoary peaks , that proudly prop The skies - thy dwellings are . Lord of the boundless realm of air ! In thy ...
... banners fling , And the tempest clouds are driven . Thy throne is on the mountain top ; Thy fields - the boundless air ; And hoary peaks , that proudly prop The skies - thy dwellings are . Lord of the boundless realm of air ! In thy ...
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Annabel Lee attitude and action beauty bell Belshazzar beneath blood body bold bosom brave breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud cried Dacotahs dark dead death deep dream earth eloquence Erin go bragh expression falchion father fear feeling feet fire gesture glory grave hath head hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha hill hour Katydid king land Laughing Water light lips living Lochinvar look Lord mighty Mondamin moon morning mountain N. P. Willis nature ne'er never night noble Number o'er pale passed pride proud R. H. Barham Rhine rock rose round Samian wine shore sigh smile song soul speak speaker spirit stars stood style sweet sword tears tell tempest thee thine thou art thought throne thunder Toll verger voice vulgar boy waves weep wigwam wild wind wings word Yankee girls young