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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And then a speck A light ! a light ! a light ! a light ! It grew , a starlit flag unfurled ! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn . He gained a world ; he gave that world Its grandest lesson : “ On ! sail on ! ” Joaquin Miller ( 1839-1913 ) ...
And then a speck A light ! a light ! a light ! a light ! It grew , a starlit flag unfurled ! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn . He gained a world ; he gave that world Its grandest lesson : “ On ! sail on ! ” Joaquin Miller ( 1839-1913 ) ...
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Ah , there is something here Unfathomed by the cynic's sneer , Something that gives our feeble 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 ...
Ah , there is something here Unfathomed by the cynic's sneer , Something that gives our feeble 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 ...
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Kilmeny 3155 They lifted Kilmeny , they led her away , And she walked in the 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 ...
Kilmeny 3155 They lifted Kilmeny , they led her away , And she walked in the 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 ...
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1920: With an Appendix Containing a Few Well-known Poems in Other Languages, Volume 2 Volume 2 of The Home Book of Verse American and English, 1580-1920, Burton Egbert Stevenson The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1920: With an Appendix Containing a Few Well-known Poems in Other Languages, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 6 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1937 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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