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... bright angel ! " HATRED and DETESTATION incline away from , and brace them- selves against their object . In action , the arms are stiffened , the hands clinched . The expression in the features is that of a fierce , frowning , flashing ...
... bright angel ! " HATRED and DETESTATION incline away from , and brace them- selves against their object . In action , the arms are stiffened , the hands clinched . The expression in the features is that of a fierce , frowning , flashing ...
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... bright Above , the spectral glaciers shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan , Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion ...
... bright Above , the spectral glaciers shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan , Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion ...
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... bright cheek adorn ? Pleasure is marked by fleetness , To those who ever roam ; While grief itself has sweetness At Home ! dear home ! There blend the ties that strengthen Our hearts in hours of grief , The silver links than lengthen ...
... bright cheek adorn ? Pleasure is marked by fleetness , To those who ever roam ; While grief itself has sweetness At Home ! dear home ! There blend the ties that strengthen Our hearts in hours of grief , The silver links than lengthen ...
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... bright robe - and raven tress— And feathery coronet - and all was o'er , - Save the deep thunder of the eternal surge Sounding their epitaph ! Ex . XVII . - LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER . A CHIEFTAIN to the Highlands bound Cries , " Boatman ...
... bright robe - and raven tress— And feathery coronet - and all was o'er , - Save the deep thunder of the eternal surge Sounding their epitaph ! Ex . XVII . - LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER . A CHIEFTAIN to the Highlands bound Cries , " Boatman ...
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... bright , But for your winsome lady : " And , by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So , though the waves are raging white , I'll row you o'er the ferry . " By this , the storm grew loud apace , The water - wraith was ...
... bright , But for your winsome lady : " And , by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So , though the waves are raging white , I'll row you o'er the ferry . " By this , the storm grew loud apace , The water - wraith was ...
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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