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... Fair stars ! are not your beings pure ? ” ( 2. ) " Perdition catch my soul , but I do love thee ! " REVENGE , when ( 1. ) deep - seated and deliberate , braces the attitude of the whole body , as in deep determination . In ac- tion ...
... Fair stars ! are not your beings pure ? ” ( 2. ) " Perdition catch my soul , but I do love thee ! " REVENGE , when ( 1. ) deep - seated and deliberate , braces the attitude of the whole body , as in deep determination . In ac- tion ...
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... fair , plain , red , and pale , Of every description all flocked to the sale . The auctioneer then his labors began , And called out aloud as he held up a man , " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to buy ? " In a trice every maiden ...
... fair , plain , red , and pale , Of every description all flocked to the sale . The auctioneer then his labors began , And called out aloud as he held up a man , " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to buy ? " In a trice every maiden ...
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... fair Minnehaha , Laid aside her mat unfinished , Brought forth food and set before them , Water brought them from the brooklet , Gave them food in earthen vessels , Gave them drink in bowls of bass - wood , Listened while the guest was ...
... fair Minnehaha , Laid aside her mat unfinished , Brought forth food and set before them , Water brought them from the brooklet , Gave them food in earthen vessels , Gave them drink in bowls of bass - wood , Listened while the guest was ...
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... fair one's cheek , a shade Of thought , or care , stole softly over , Like that by a cloud in a summer day made , Looking down on a field of blossoming clover . The rose yet lay on her cheek , but its flush Had something lost of its ...
... fair one's cheek , a shade Of thought , or care , stole softly over , Like that by a cloud in a summer day made , Looking down on a field of blossoming clover . The rose yet lay on her cheek , but its flush Had something lost of its ...
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... young , and suddenly beheld life's morn de- cline , - And one had come from Bingen , —fair Bingen on the Rhine ! " Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort NEW YORK SPEAKER . 93 The World for Sale, Mrs Norton,
... young , and suddenly beheld life's morn de- cline , - And one had come from Bingen , —fair Bingen on the Rhine ! " Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort NEW YORK SPEAKER . 93 The World for Sale, Mrs Norton,
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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