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... heard the honest mountaineers relate their dismal tales , As round the cotter's blazing hearth , when their daily work was o'er , They spake of those who disappeared , and ne'er were heard of more . And there , I , from a shepherd , heard ...
... heard the honest mountaineers relate their dismal tales , As round the cotter's blazing hearth , when their daily work was o'er , They spake of those who disappeared , and ne'er were heard of more . And there , I , from a shepherd , heard ...
Page 80
... heard his cries , as loud he shrieked and screamed ! Until , upon the azure sky , a lessening spot he seemed . " The vulture flapped his sail - like wings , though heavily he flew , A mote upon the sun's bright face , he seemed unto my ...
... heard his cries , as loud he shrieked and screamed ! Until , upon the azure sky , a lessening spot he seemed . " The vulture flapped his sail - like wings , though heavily he flew , A mote upon the sun's bright face , he seemed unto my ...
Page 84
... heard her father praise him , Praise his courage and his wisdom ; Would he come again for arrows To the Falls of Minnehaha ? On the mat her hands lay idle , And her eyes were very dreamy . Through their thoughts they heard a footstep , ...
... heard her father praise him , Praise his courage and his wisdom ; Would he come again for arrows To the Falls of Minnehaha ? On the mat her hands lay idle , And her eyes were very dreamy . Through their thoughts they heard a footstep , ...
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... Heard the Falls of Minnehaha Calling to them from the distance , Crying to them from afar off , " Fare thee well , O Minnehaha ! " Pleasant was the journey homeward , Through interminable forests , Over meadow , over mountain , Over ...
... Heard the Falls of Minnehaha Calling to them from the distance , Crying to them from afar off , " Fare thee well , O Minnehaha ! " Pleasant was the journey homeward , Through interminable forests , Over meadow , over mountain , Over ...
Page 90
... heard her say , " Passing away ! passing away ! " While I gazed at that 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 ...
... heard her say , " Passing away ! passing away ! " While I gazed at that 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 ...
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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