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... rock shall fly From its firm base , as soon as I ! " Boasting . " On level ground , I could beat forty of ye ! " ANGER is expressed , in attitude , by wide positions , rapid strides towards the object of anger , and by stamping ; —in ac ...
... rock shall fly From its firm base , as soon as I ! " Boasting . " On level ground , I could beat forty of ye ! " ANGER is expressed , in attitude , by wide positions , rapid strides towards the object of anger , and by stamping ; —in ac ...
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... threatening look and gesture Laid his hand upon the black rock , On the fatal Wawbeek laid it , LONGFELLOW . With his mittens , Minjekahwun , Rent the jutting crag NEW YORK SPEAKER . 59 Daniel Webster, Longfellow, Old Ironsides,
... threatening look and gesture Laid his hand upon the black rock , On the fatal Wawbeek laid it , LONGFELLOW . With his mittens , Minjekahwun , Rent the jutting crag NEW YORK SPEAKER . 59 Daniel Webster, Longfellow, Old Ironsides,
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... rock . His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen , When Kempenfelt went down , With twice four hundred men . Weigh the vessel up , Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes . Her timbers ...
... rock . His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen , When Kempenfelt went down , With twice four hundred men . Weigh the vessel up , Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes . Her timbers ...
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... 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 . The Dorian flute that sighed of yore Along thy ...
... 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 . The Dorian flute that sighed of yore Along thy ...
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... rock the little wood - bird in his nest , Curl the still waters , bright with stars ; and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest , Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange , deep harmonies that haunt his breast ...
... rock the little wood - bird in his nest , Curl the still waters , bright with stars ; and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest , Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange , deep harmonies that haunt his breast ...
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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