The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1920: With an Appendix Containing a Few Well-known Poems in Other Languages, Volume 2 |
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... light A high immunity from Night , Something that leaps life's narrow bars To claim its birthright with the hosts of heaven ; A seed of sunshine that can leaven Our earthly dulness with the beams of stars , And glorify our clay With light ...
... light A high immunity from Night , Something that leaps life's narrow bars To claim its birthright with the hosts of heaven ; A seed of sunshine that can leaven Our earthly dulness with the beams of stars , And glorify our clay With light ...
Page 2762
... light . " O dream of joy ! is this indeed The lighthouse top I see ? Is this the hill ? is this the kirk ? Is this mine own countree ? " We drifted o'er the harbor - bar , And I with sobs did pray— O let me be awake , my God ! Or let me ...
... light . " O dream of joy ! is this indeed The lighthouse top I see ? Is this the hill ? is this the kirk ? Is this mine own countree ? " We drifted o'er the harbor - bar , And I with sobs did pray— O let me be awake , my God ! Or let me ...
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... light of a sunless day ; The sky was a dome of crystal bright , The fountain of vision , and fountain of light ; The emerald fields were of dazzling glow , And the flowers of everlasting blow . Then deep in the stream her body they laid ...
... light of a sunless day ; The sky was a dome of crystal bright , The fountain of vision , and fountain of light ; The emerald fields were of dazzling glow , And the flowers of everlasting blow . Then deep in the stream her body they laid ...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1920: With an ..., Volume 2 Burton Egbert Stevenson No preview available - 1926 |
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