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... mighty " taking way . " ― One day , while fishing on the log , He mourned his want of luck , - When , suddenly , he felt a bite , And jerking - caught a duck ! Alas ! that day , the fisherman Had taken too 62 NEW YORK SPEAKER . The ...
... mighty " taking way . " ― One day , while fishing on the log , He mourned his want of luck , - When , suddenly , he felt a bite , And jerking - caught a duck ! Alas ! that day , the fisherman Had taken too 62 NEW YORK SPEAKER . The ...
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... drawn back like a scroll ; Then , then shall the spirit That sighs by thee now , Be more mighty , -more lasting , — More chainless , than thou . Ex . IX . FATE OF THE ROYAL GEORGE . 64 NEW YORK SPEAKER . Misadventures at Margate,
... drawn back like a scroll ; Then , then shall the spirit That sighs by thee now , Be more mighty , -more lasting , — More chainless , than thou . Ex . IX . FATE OF THE ROYAL GEORGE . 64 NEW YORK SPEAKER . Misadventures at Margate,
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... mighty sea , For ever and the same ! The ancient rocks yet ring to thee , Whose thunders naught can tame . Oh ! many a glorious voice is gone , From the rich bowers of earth , And hushed is many a lovely one Of mournfulness or mirth ...
... mighty sea , For ever and the same ! The ancient rocks yet ring to thee , Whose thunders naught can tame . Oh ! many a glorious voice is gone , From the rich bowers of earth , And hushed is many a lovely one Of mournfulness or mirth ...
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... mighty hull . She neither reeled nor shivered . Neither commander nor officers deemed that they had suffered harm . Prompt upon humanity , the brave Luce ( let his name be ever spoken with admiration and respect , ) ordered away his ...
... mighty hull . She neither reeled nor shivered . Neither commander nor officers deemed that they had suffered harm . Prompt upon humanity , the brave Luce ( let his name be ever spoken with admiration and respect , ) ordered away his ...
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... mighty among men ; And from the eyrie of your eagle thought Ye shall look down on monarchs . O press on ! For the high ones and powerful shall come To do you reverence : and the beautiful Will know the purer language of your brow , And ...
... mighty among men ; And from the eyrie of your eagle thought Ye shall look down on monarchs . O press on ! For the high ones and powerful shall come To do you reverence : and the beautiful Will know the purer language of your brow , And ...
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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